On July 31, 2018 at 03:00 UTC the “Long March – 4B” (“Changzheng-4B”) rocket-carrier was launched from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China's Shanxi Province. The rocket orbited the “Gaofeng-11” Earth-observing satellite.

On July 29, 2018 at 01:48 UTC the "Chang Zheng-3B” (Long March-3B) rocket-carrier was launched from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Xichang, southwest China's Sichuan Province. The rocket orbited two “Beidou” navigation satellites.

On July 25, 2018 at 11:39 UTC the "Falcon-9” rocket-carrier was launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, USA. The launch was performed by SpaceX company. The rocket orbited 10 “Iridium NEXT” communications satellites.

On July 25, 2018 at 11:25 UTC the "Arian 5” rocket-carrier was launched from Kourou space center in French Guiana. The rocket orbited 4 "Galileo” navigation satellites.

On July 22, 2018 at 05:50 UTC the "Falcon 9” rocket-carrier was launched from SLC-40 of Cape Canaveral launch site of US Air Force, Florida. The launch was performed by the "SpaceX” private company supported by the 45th Space Wing of US Air Force. The rocket orbited the Canadian “Telstar-19 Vantage” telecommunications satellite.

On July 15, 2018 at 10:20 UTC the US "Cygnus” (CRS OA-9E “S.S. J.R. Thompson”) unmanned supply spacecraft was undocked from the Harmony module of the International Space Station. After that, the spacecraft, which had been attached to the space station since May 24, 2018, was released by German astronaut Alexander Gerst and US astronaut Serena Auñón-Chancellor aboard the station using the “Canadarm-2” orbiting complex's huge robotic arm at 12:37 UTC. It was the 9th successful flight of "Cygnus” to the ISS.