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Nine launches this week — SLS, Falcon 9, Atlas V and Soyuz lead packed global manifest

Nine orbital launches are scheduled this week from Florida, California and Russian ranges, including NASA's SLS and missions on Falcon 9, Atlas V and Soyuz vehicles. The packed manifest highlights a global spike in launch cadence across government and commercial providers.

Discovered 2026-03-30T14:10:37.015965-07:00 | 2026-03-30T14:10:37.015965-07:00

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Nine launches in a single week represent a concentrated surge in launch cadence and range use, increasing pressure on launch infrastructure and scheduling capacity; see the analysis of U.S. launch infrastructure strain [source:632482d0-9cc8-4495-a9db-2db57eadf419].
The manifest pairs NASA's SLS with multiple commercial rockets, underscoring the need for tight range coordination and operational flexibility as SLS moves through flight preparations and wet dress rehearsals [source:1eee13a4-645b-4a68-977d-13f535aa418b] and range operators enable denser sequencing [source:e43675a9-57ba-44da-81b0-24f3d0b2d18e].
Russia's return to operations at a repaired Baikonur pad restores regional launch capacity, which influences global scheduling and range availability during this busy week [source:5d2598c2-0661-406f-8e69-f54ea0876e8e].

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