Rocket launches you can see

Every launch in the next ten days, worldwide, with the cities that can see it and which way to look. A launch around sunset or sunrise can light up as a glowing "jellyfish" seen hundreds of kilometers away, and it gets reported as a UFO almost every time.

Times are local to each launch site. They often slip, so check the launch's page on the day.

Coming up

• Fri, Oct 3011:51 PM GMT+5:30

  IRNSS-1L (NVS-03)

  GSLV Mk. II · Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India · Go for launch

  Good view from 2 cities (Chennai, Visakhapatnam); low on the horizon from 10 cities.

• Fri, Oct 308:48 PM PDT

  Starlink Group 15-18

  Falcon 9 · Vandenberg, California · Go for launch

  Good view from 23 cities (Los Angeles, San Diego, Tijuana); low on the horizon from 25 cities.

• Mon, Nov 2around 9 PM GMT+13

  The Sea God Surveys (iQPS Launch 9)

  Electron · Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand · Time not confirmed

  Low on the horizon from 4 cities.

• Tue, Nov 3around 8 AM GMT+8

  SpaceSail Polar Group TBD?

  Kinetica 2 · Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China · Go for launch

  Not visible from the cities we cover.

• Mon, Nov 25:42 PM PST

  USSF-432

  Falcon 9 · Vandenberg, California · Go for launch

  Good view from 22 cities (Los Angeles, San Diego, Tijuana); low on the horizon from 22 cities; jellyfish plume possible.

• Wed, Nov 4around 2 PM GMT+9

  Demo Flight

  Mir · Sea Launch · Time not confirmed

  Not visible from the cities we cover.

• Thu, Nov 5around 5 AM GMT+8

  Unknown Payload

  Ceres-2 · Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China · Time not confirmed

  Good view from 16 cities (Chengdu, Chongqing, Nanchong); low on the horizon from 4 cities.

• Fri, Nov 6around 4 AM GMT+8

  SatNet LEO Group TBD?

  Long March 12 · Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China · Time not confirmed

  Good view from 6 cities (Shenzhen, Dongguan, Hong Kong); low on the horizon from 12 cities.

• Thu, Nov 56:21 PM PST

  Starlink Group 15-21

  Falcon 9 · Vandenberg, California · Go for launch

  Good view from 23 cities (Los Angeles, San Diego, Tijuana); low on the horizon from 25 cities.

Recent launches

• Tue, Oct 2712:25 AM PDT

  Starlink Group 15-16

  Falcon 9 · Vandenberg, California · Launched

  Good view from 23 cities (Los Angeles, San Diego, Tijuana); low on the horizon from 25 cities.

• Tue, Oct 136:33 AM EDT

  Dragon CRS-2 SpX-35

  Falcon 9 · Cape Canaveral, Florida · Launched

  Good view from 58 cities (New York, Philadelphia, Jacksonville); low on the horizon from 46 cities; jellyfish plume possible.