About // EveryLaunch

EveryLaunch is a rocket launch schedule. It shows the launches on the Launch Library 2 schedule with a countdown once the launch day is set, plus spaceflight news, where the ISS is right now, space weather and near-Earth objects. It all comes from public feeds run by The Space Devs, the Spaceflight News API, NASA and NOAA, and each one is credited below. We also make Orbitburn, a gravity lander game that’s free in the browser and on Android. One independent developer makes both, and neither has any tie to a space agency or launch company.

What this site is

Launch information is spread across agency press kits, range notices, operator livestreams and news sites. This site puts the useful parts in one place, and it tells you when a date or time isn’t firm yet.

Launches lists every launch on the schedule, with a countdown once the launch day is set, plus the window, pad, rocket and payload. It also lists what has flown recently.
News has spaceflight headlines, refreshed every 30 minutes, each linked to the site that wrote it.
Live shows where the ISS is right now, today’s space weather, and the asteroids passing close to Earth.
Agencies covers the companies and space agencies behind the launches, and what each one flies next.
Play takes you to Orbitburn, which you can play in the browser on its own site.

Pages are built on the server and cached. That keeps them fast and keeps us inside the feeds’ rate limits. How often each one refreshes is in the panel next to this text.

Where the data comes from

None of this data is ours. Other people collect it, check it and give it away for free, and all they ask is credit:

EveryLaunch shows that data as it comes. Launch times change, for weather, range clashes or hardware, sometimes minutes before liftoff. A countdown here is only an estimate, so check with the launch company before you plan travel around it. The full disclaimer is in the Terms of Use.

Agency names, vehicle names, logos and mission patches belong to their owners and appear for identification only.

The game

Orbitburn is a gravity lander. Every planet on the map pulls on your ship, and fuel is tight. You lift off, swing around the planets, and set the ship down slowly enough to survive it. There are 250 missions and 25 ships.

It has its own site, and you can play it in your browser on its Play page with nothing to install. The Android app (package com.wyatt.deltav) is free. It shows banner ads on menu screens and offers optional rewarded ads, with no ads during a flight. It also sells in-app items, and no mission needs one.

What the app and the browser game collect, and what they don’t, is in the Privacy Policy.

Who makes it

One developer makes both the game and the site, under the name Cadenic Studios, an independent software studio in Canada.

The studio’s other project is Scorebug, a sports logbook where you rate the games you watch and write about them. It has nothing to do with this site apart from who makes it.

EveryLaunch and Orbitburn are independent. Neither is affiliated with, endorsed by or run by NASA, SpaceX, ESA, Rocket Lab, ULA, Arianespace, or any other agency, operator or manufacturer named on this site.

How it pays for itself

Running this costs money, mostly hosting and store fees. Here’s how it’s paid for:

Ads. Display ads on the website is set up, and banner and opt-in rewarded ads in the Android app. No full-screen ad interrupts a flight.
In-app purchases. Cosmetic and convenience items in the game. You don’t need any of them to finish it.
The depot. Orbitburn merch, sold in portage.camp.
Paid links. Some outbound links earn a commission at no extra cost to you. Books, telescopes and gear go through the Amazon Associates Program, and software, VPN, retail and travel offers through the CJ Affiliate network. They never change what the site says about a launch, and we don’t sell editorial space. What a click shares is in the Privacy Policy.

EveryLaunch doesn’t sell your data. The Privacy Policy covers this.

Common questions

Who runs EveryLaunch?

EveryLaunch and Orbitburn are made and run by Cadenic Studios (cadenic.studio), a one-person software studio in Canada. Neither has any tie to NASA, SpaceX, ESA, Rocket Lab or any other agency or launch company, and none of them endorse either. Their names and data appear here only to identify and credit them.

Where does the launch data come from?

Launch schedules, pads, rockets and agencies come from The Space Devs' Launch Library 2. Headlines come from the Spaceflight News API. The Astronomy Picture of the Day and near-Earth object figures come from NASA, space weather from NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center, and the ISS position from Where the ISS at. Each one is credited with a link on this page.

How often does the data update?

The next 40 launches refresh every 15 minutes and the rest of the schedule every 12 hours. News refreshes every 30 minutes and the ISS position about every 10 seconds. The busiest agency and rocket records refresh twice a day, and the rest come from a stored copy we update now and then. Launch times change often at the source, so treat any countdown as an estimate.

Is Orbitburn free to play?

Yes. You can play it free in your browser at www.orbitburn.space/play, and the Android app is free to install. The app shows banner ads on menu screens and offers optional rewarded ads, with no ads during a flight. It also sells in-app items, and you never have to buy one to finish the game.

Something on the site is wrong. Can you fix it?

If a countdown, pad or agency detail is wrong, the mistake is almost always in Launch Library 2, and fixing it there fixes it here too. If something on the site itself is broken, like a panel that won't load, tell us through the Contact section of the privacy policy.

Corrections and contact

Bug reports, data corrections, licensing questions and privacy requests all go through the Contact section of the Privacy Policy. Data mistakes are best fixed at the source. A correction accepted by Launch Library 2 reaches every site that uses it, including this one.