My name is Caleb Jones and i'm a Software Engineer in Test with years of experience as QA Engineer. I'm from Atlanta, Georgia and i'm currently working at Magnet Forensics. I'm a Founder and Board Member of The Space Devs and I'm the Founder and Developer of Space Launch Now a popular mobile application for tracking spaceflight events!

This is my main side project, a spaceflight tracker for Android and iOS using data from The Space Devs - Launch Library API. It was first launched in 2016 as the first quality spaceflight even tracking mobile app at a time where renewed public focus was being brought in thanks to the efforts of SpaceX. The project is very mature now with a robust CI/CD pipeline, backend services for GCM, Twitter/Instagram bots and other various services all running on a Digital Ocean hosted kubernetes cluster.

Interested in checking it out? App store links available here!

The Space Devs is a group of space enthusiast developers working on a range of services, united in a common goal to improve public knowledge and accessibility of spaceflight information. We aim to bring space app developers together into a thriving community by providing helpful data and tools, accessible to everyone for free.

The next space launch, retrieved from The Space Devs Launch Library 2 API, is Firefly Alpha | FLTA006 (Message in a Booster). It is scheduled to be launched by Firefly Aerospace from Space Launch Complex 2W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA at 2025-04-27 13:37:00 UTC. Until then, this pad will have been used for 97 out of 802 launches from this location. The launch status is currently Go 🟩 . The mission type is Technology and the payload will be injected into a Low Earth Orbit (LEO).

Sixth flight of the Firefly Alpha small satellite launcher, launching the demonstration mission for Lockheed Martin's new LM400 satellite bus, which will carry a communications payload. The satellite bus is customizable to support different missions, including remote sensing, communications, imagery and radar Earth observations. It can also support different kinds of orbits and launch configurations.

NET	Status	Details
[2025-04-27 13:37:00 UTC]	🟩 Go for Launch	Firefly Alpha | FLTA006 (Message in a Booster) from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA to LEO.
[2025-04-27 15:44:00 UTC]	🟩 Go for Launch	Long March 3B/E | Unknown Payload from Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China to N/A.
[2025-04-27 20:55:00 UTC]	🟨 To Be Confirmed	Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 11-9 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA to LEO.
[2025-04-28 02:04:00 UTC]	🟨 To Be Confirmed	Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 12-23 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA to LEO.
[2025-04-28 20:02:00 UTC]	🟩 Go for Launch	Long March 5B/YZ-2 | SatNet LEO Group TBD? from Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China to PO.
[2025-04-28 23:00:00 UTC]	🟩 Go for Launch	Atlas V 551 | Project Kuiper (KA-01) from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA to LEO.
[2025-04-29 01:37:00 UTC]	🟨 To Be Confirmed	Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 12-10 from Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA to LEO.
[2025-04-29 09:15:00 UTC]	🟩 Go for Launch	Vega-C | Biomass from Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana to SSO.
[2025-04-30 00:00:00 UTC]	🟧 To Be Determined	Eris-1 | Maiden Flight from Bowen Orbital Spaceport to LEO.
[2025-05-01 02:17:00 UTC]	🟨 To Be Confirmed	Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-75 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA to LEO.

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