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 Long March 2C | Space Variable Objects Monitor (SVOM). It is scheduled to be launched by China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation from Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1), Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China at 2024-06-22 06:50:00 UTC. Until then, this pad will have been used for 91 out of 206 launches from this location. The launch status is currently Go 🟩 . The mission type is Astrophysics and the payload will be injected into a Low Earth Orbit (LEO).

The Space Variable Objects Monitor (SVOM) is a French/Chinese planned small X-ray telescope satellite under development by China National Space Administration (CNSA) and the Centre National d'Études Spatiales (CNES).

SVOM will study the explosions of massive stars by analysing the resulting gamma-ray bursts. The lightweight X-ray mirror for SVOM weighs just 1 kg (2.2 lb). SVOM will add new capabilities to the work of finding gamma-ray bursts currently being done by the multinational satellite Swift.

Its anti-solar pointing strategy makes the Earth cross the field of view of its payload every orbit.

NET	Status	Details
[2024-06-22 06:50:00 UTC]	🟩 Go for Launch	Long March 2C | Space Variable Objects Monitor (SVOM) from Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China to LEO.
[2024-06-23 17:03:00 UTC]	🟨 To Be Confirmed	Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 10-2 from Cape Canaveral, FL, USA to LEO.
[2024-06-24 03:45:00 UTC]	🟨 To Be Confirmed	Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 9-2 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA to LEO.
[2024-06-25 21:16:00 UTC]	🟩 Go for Launch	Falcon Heavy | GOES-U from Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA to GTO.
[2024-06-30 00:00:00 UTC]	🟧 To Be Determined	Electron | Capella Acadia 3 from Wallops Island, Virginia, USA to LEO.
[2024-06-30 00:00:00 UTC]	🟧 To Be Determined	Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 10-3 from Cape Canaveral, FL, USA to LEO.
[2024-06-30 00:00:00 UTC]	🟧 To Be Determined	Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 7-19 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA to LEO.
[2024-06-30 00:00:00 UTC]	🟧 To Be Determined	Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 7-20 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA to LEO.
[2024-06-30 00:00:00 UTC]	🟧 To Be Determined	Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 7-21 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA to LEO.
[2024-06-30 00:00:00 UTC]	🟧 To Be Determined	Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 7-22 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA to LEO.

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