Acquiring signal…
The Q-Review
The Q-Review
August 9 – 15, 2026
8 ahead6 flown100% success
Mission of the week
Flight 2
Zhuque-3 · Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
The scorecard
2/2 calls2/2
Weather calls right
0.055
Brier, 34 launches
Launch87% GOFlew
Launch99% GOFlew
Brier score is the mean squared error of our published probability against what happened — 0 is perfect, 0.25 is what you’d score by saying “50%” every time. Scrubs for non-weather reasons are left out; they don’t test a weather forecast.
Shareables
What flew
6Tuesday, August 4, 2026
Wednesday, August 5, 2026
Thursday, August 6, 2026
The week ahead
8Monday, August 10, 2026
12:00 UTC
Unknown PayloadLong March 7A · Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of ChinaLong March 7A carrying Unknown Payload to Unknown.
14:49 UTC
Starlink Group 10-19Falcon 9 Block 5 · Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USAA batch of 29 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
LEO
19:00 UTC
Michibiki 7 (QZS-7)H3-22 · Tanegashima Space Center, JapanQZSS (Quasi Zenith Satellite System) is a Japanese satellite navigation system operating from inclined, elliptical geosynchronous orbits to achieve optimal high-elevation visibility in urban canyons and mountainous areas. The navigation system objective is …
GEO
23:00 UTC
Flight 2Zhuque-3 · Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of ChinaSecond test launch of LandSpace’s ZQ-3 rocket. Payload identities are TBD.
LEO
Wednesday, August 12, 2026
Thursday, August 13, 2026
Saturday, August 15, 2026
Saturday August 15 2026
AsperaElectron · Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New ZealandAspera houses an ultraviolet telescope and will examine hot gas in the intergalactic medium, thought to be contributing to the birth of stars and planets. Aspera will be the first NASA astrophysics mission to gather and map these ultraviolet light signatur…
LEO
21:52 UTC
R-1Falcon 9 Block 5 · Vandenberg SFB, CA, USAPossibly a batch of classified LEO satellites for a US government entity based on SpaceX’s Starshield satellite bus, based on locations of rocket stage drop zones being exact fits with previous Starlink Group 15 launches. Details TBD.
LEO
The week in numbers
8Coming up
6Flown
100%Success
6Nations
100% of resolved attempts reached orbit