What‘s Up in Space: Golden Dome, Hypersonics, Starship Delay, Funding News

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What‘s Up in Space: Golden Dome, Hypersonics, Starship Delay, Funding News

of 56 Starlink satellites sent

to LEO aboard two Falcon missions, and 21 Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture satellites

produced by YSS launched on the third of nine PWSA Tranche 1 missions for the SDA by SpaceX.

There was also a Soyuz launch from Russia carrying one astronaut and two cosmonauts to the ISS.

Exhibit 1 - Space Launches Since June 1

Includes Western & Allied Launches

Date Mission Vehicle Operator Launch site Payloads

7/16/2026 SDA Third Tranche 1 Falcon 9 SpaceX Vandenberg SFB, CA 21 PWSA Comms satelittes

7/14/2026 Starlink Falcon 9 SpaceX Cape Canaveral, FL 29 Starlink satellites

7/13/2026 Starlink Falcon 9 SpaceX Vandenberg SFB, CA 27 Starlink satellites

7/11/2026 Starlink Falcon 9 SpaceX Vandenberg SFB, CA 24 Starlink satellites

7/9/2026 Starlink Falcon 9 SpaceX Cape Canaveral, FL 29 Starlink satellites

7/7/2026 Transporter 17 Falcon 9 SpaceX Vandenberg SFB, CA 81 Smallsat Rideshare

7/5/2026 Starlink Falcon 9 SpaceX Cape Canaveral, FL 29 Starlink satellites

7/3/2026 Swift Boost Mission Pegasus XL NorthropSpace SystemsGrumman Kwajalein Atoll Katakyst Space LINK Robotic Spacecraft

7/2/2026 Amazon LE-08 Atlav V UnitedAllianceLaunch Cape Canaveral, FL 29 Amazon Leo satellites

7/1/2026 Starlink Falcon 9 SpaceX Vandenberg SFB, CA 24 Starlink satellites

6//29/2026 SXM-11 Falcon 9 SpaceX Cape Canaveral, FL 1 Geostationary Transfer Orbit SXM Satellite

6/28/2026 Starlink Falcon 9 SpaceX Vandenberg SFB, CA 24 Starlink satellites

6/26/2026 Ten Owl of Ten Electron Rocket Lab Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand 1 StriX satellite

6/24/2026 Starlink Falcon 9 SpaceX Vandenberg SFB, CA 24 Starlink satellites

6/23/2026 Starfall Demo Falcon 9 SpaceX Cape Canaveral, FL Starfall reentry capsule