📅 July 2026 Space Events Calendar
A small, individually verified list of real July 2026 space milestones — crewed launches, satellite missions, and the month's meteor shower. Each entry links to a real source. Two missions with confirmed payloads don't yet have a fixed exact launch day, and are marked "Date TBD" rather than assigned one.
Soyuz MS-29 Crewed Launch to the ISS
A Soyuz-2.1a rocket launches the Soyuz MS-29 crew capsule to the International Space Station, carrying the next Expedition 74/75 crew rotation.
Source: Roscosmos
Rocket Lab Electron — LOXSAT Propellant Depot Demo
An Electron rocket launches LOXSAT, a technology demonstration mission for Eta Space testing in-orbit cryogenic propellant storage — a building block for future in-space refueling depots.
Source: Rocket Lab / Eta Space
H3 Rocket — HTV-X2 ISS Resupply Mission
An H3 rocket launches JAXA's HTV-X2 cargo spacecraft to resupply the International Space Station. The exact July launch date had not yet been fixed as of this writing.
Source: JAXA / MHI
Atlas V 551 — Final Flight of the 551 Configuration
An Atlas V in the 551 configuration launches 29 Amazon Leo (Kuiper) broadband satellites — marked as the final flight of this specific Atlas V configuration before ULA retires the vehicle.
Source: ULA / Amazon Leo
Southern Delta Aquariid Meteor Shower
A long-lasting, reliable annual meteor shower producing up to about 20-25 meteors per hour at its peak. In 2026 the peak falls just after the July 29 full moon, so moonlight will wash out many of the fainter meteors.
Source: American Meteor Society / Royal Observatory Greenwich