What Details Does RocketLaunch.org Provide for Each Rocket Launch?

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RocketLaunch.org lists each launch with a consistent set of fields: launch status, date and time, location and pad, launch service provider, vehicle, mission name, mission type, destination orbit, a short mission description, and a last-update timestamp. The site's "Rocket Launches Today" page shows this format directly — for example, the two HANBIT-Nano entries currently listed each carry all of these fields, including a status of "TBD," a September 2026 window, the Alcântara Launch Center, provider Innospace, and the target orbit.

The fields on a single launch entry

Based on the launch cards shown on the site, each entry is built from the same categories:

Field What it tells you Example from the site
Launch status Whether the launch is confirmed, pending, or undetermined TBD
Date & time The scheduled window, sometimes only a month or quarter Sep 2026
Location Launch site and specific pad Alcântara Launch Center, HANBIT Pad
Launch service provider The company or agency running the launch Innospace
Vehicle The rocket model HANBIT-Nano
Mission The payload or flight designation Flight 2; InnoSat-0
Mission type The category of the flight Test Flight; Technology
Destination The target orbit Sun-Synchronous Orbit; Low Earth Orbit
Description A short paragraph on the mission's purpose Explains the second orbital launch attempt for Innospace, or the first in-house test satellite
Last update When the entry was last revised "Updated: May 20, 6:00am UTC"

Why the status and update fields matter

Launch schedules shift often, so the status and last-update fields are the two you should check first. A status of "TBD" means the date is not yet fixed — in the HANBIT-Nano Flight 2 entry, the site pairs this with "Last Update: NET Q3 2026," indicating the launch is no earlier than the third quarter of 2026. The InnoSat-0 entry carries a separate timestamp, "Updated: May 20, 6:00am UTC," which tells you how fresh that listing is. If a launch card has no recent update, treat the date as provisional.

Where these details sit in the wider site

The launch cards are one part of a larger structure. The site also organizes content by:

  • Past Launches and Scheduled Launches — the same fields, filtered by whether the launch has happened.
  • Launch Sites — a map and individual pages for Starbase, Cape Canaveral, Kennedy Space Center, Vandenberg SFB, Guiana Space Centre, and Baikonur Cosmodrome, among others.
  • Launch Providers — pages for SpaceX, NASA, Blue Origin, Rocket Lab, ULA, ESA, and JAXA.
  • Vehicle and program pages — including SpaceX Launches, Starship, Falcon 9, Falcon Heavy, NASA Launches, and SLS Launches.
  • Annual Recaps — year-by-year summaries going back to 1969.

So if you want mission-level detail, read the launch card; if you want to browse by site, provider, or vehicle, use the corresponding section.

Practical notes

  • The site offers a weekly email alert for upcoming launches and an option to set up an email alert for specific launches, so you can track a mission without checking the page repeatedly.
  • A "Shop" section and "Sponsorship Packages" are also listed, but these are separate from the launch data itself.
  • Because dates can be listed as a month or quarter rather than a precise time, always confirm against the last-update timestamp before planning to watch.