diff --git a/src/layers/launches/controls.js b/src/layers/launches/controls.js
index b0dc035cb..95a212a73 100644
--- a/src/layers/launches/controls.js
+++ b/src/layers/launches/controls.js
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ export function createControls({ state: layerState, services, parts, source }) {
 
     /** Release only Space Mission camera ownership, preserving layer and selection state. */
     releaseCameraOwnership() {
+      // A failed entry no longer gives back the view it replaced.
+      layerState._entryCameraView = null;
       parts.panel.clearMissionRosterHover();
       parts.replay.stopMissionReplay();
       parts.selection.stopMissionZoomAnchor();
diff --git a/src/layers/launches/failedEntry.test.mjs b/src/layers/launches/failedEntry.test.mjs
index f8b760dde..b82663597 100644
--- a/src/layers/launches/failedEntry.test.mjs
+++ b/src/layers/launches/failedEntry.test.mjs
@@ -57,17 +57,29 @@ function fakeCamera() {
     roll: 0,
     flights: 0,
     cancelled: 0,
+    flight: null,
     get positionWC() {
       return camera.position;
     },
-    flyTo({ destination }) {
+    // Like Cesium, a new flight cancels the one in progress.
+    flyTo({ destination, complete, cancel }) {
+      camera.flight?.cancel?.();
+      camera.flight = { complete, cancel };
       camera.flights += 1;
       camera.position = Cesium.Cartesian3.clone(destination);
       camera.heading = 0;
       camera.pitch = -Math.PI / 2;
     },
+    land() {
+      const flight = camera.flight;
+      camera.flight = null;
+      flight?.complete?.();
+    },
     cancelFlight() {
       camera.cancelled += 1;
+      const flight = camera.flight;
+      camera.flight = null;
+      flight?.cancel?.();
     },
     setView({ destination, orientation }) {
       camera.position = Cesium.Cartesian3.clone(destination);
@@ -81,11 +93,12 @@ function fakeCamera() {
 
 async function fixture(t) {
   const upstream = { status: 429, results: [launchRecord] };
-  const server = http.createServer((req, res) => {
+  const server = http.createServer(async (req, res) => {
     if (req.url === '/api/celestrak/active') {
       res.end('');
       return;
     }
+    if (upstream.hold) await upstream.hold;
     if (upstream.status !== 200) {
       res.writeHead(upstream.status, { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' });
       res.end(JSON.stringify({ error: 'Launch Library 2 unavailable' }));
@@ -134,8 +147,13 @@ async function fixture(t) {
     },
     replay: { stopMissionReplay: noop, presentReplay: () => null },
     selection: {
-      focusFullGlobe: (target) =>
-        target.camera.flyTo({ destination: new Cesium.Cartesian3(9, 9, 9) }),
+      focusFullGlobe(target, flight) {
+        target.camera.flyTo({
+          destination: new Cesium.Cartesian3(9, 9, 9),
+          ...flight,
+        });
+        return true;
+      },
       setSelectedMission: noop,
       focusMission: noop,
       stopMissionZoomAnchor: noop,
@@ -284,6 +302,87 @@ test('a Context-panel Space Missions entry that gets HTTP 429 restores the previ
   assert.deepEqual(f.view(), before);
 });
 
+// Holds the /api/launches reply until the returned release is called.
+function holdReply(f) {
+  let release;
+  f.upstream.hold = new Promise((resolve) => {
+    release = resolve;
+  });
+  return () => {
+    f.upstream.hold = null;
+    release();
+  };
+}
+
+async function untilFlown(f) {
+  for (let i = 0; i < 200 && f.camera.flights === 0; i++)
+    await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 5));
+  assert.ok(f.camera.flights > 0, 'the entry started its full-globe flight');
+}
+
+test('a landed entry flight still gives the view back after a failed first load', async (t) => {
+  const f = await fixture(t);
+  await f.manager.setEnabled('earthquakes', true, { origin: 'user' });
+  const before = f.view();
+  const release = holdReply(f);
+
+  const entering = f.manager.setEnabled('rocket-launches', true, {
+    origin: 'user',
+  });
+  await untilFlown(f);
+  f.camera.land();
+
+  release();
+  assert.equal(await entering, false);
+  await f.settle();
+  assert.deepEqual(f.view(), before);
+});
+
+test('a camera move after the entry flight survives a failed first load', async (t) => {
+  const f = await fixture(t);
+  await f.manager.setEnabled('earthquakes', true, { origin: 'user' });
+  const release = holdReply(f);
+
+  const entering = f.manager.setEnabled('rocket-launches', true, {
+    origin: 'user',
+  });
+  await untilFlown(f);
+  f.camera.land();
+  // The user drags the globe while the mission index is still loading.
+  f.camera.setView({
+    destination: new Cesium.Cartesian3(7, 7, 7),
+    orientation: { heading: 0.3, pitch: -0.2, roll: 0 },
+  });
+  const moved = f.view();
+
+  release();
+  assert.equal(await entering, false);
+  await f.settle();
+  assert.deepEqual(f.view(), moved);
+});
+
+test('a navigation during a failed first load is not cancelled by the rollback', async (t) => {
+  const f = await fixture(t);
+  await f.manager.setEnabled('earthquakes', true, { origin: 'user' });
+  const release = holdReply(f);
+
+  const entering = f.manager.setEnabled('rocket-launches', true, {
+    origin: 'user',
+  });
+  await untilFlown(f);
+  // Search or Home: navigation releases mission camera ownership, then flies.
+  f.missions.releaseCameraOwnership();
+  f.camera.flyTo({ destination: new Cesium.Cartesian3(5, 5, 5) });
+  const cancelled = f.camera.cancelled;
+  const navigated = f.view();
+
+  release();
+  assert.equal(await entering, false);
+  await f.settle();
+  assert.equal(f.camera.cancelled, cancelled);
+  assert.deepEqual(f.view(), navigated);
+});
+
 test('the roster reports a failed mission index instead of loading forever', async (t) => {
   const f = await fixture(t);
   await f.manager.setEnabled('rocket-launches', true, { origin: 'user' });
diff --git a/src/layers/launches/lifecycle.js b/src/layers/launches/lifecycle.js
index cf0332823..6ef0ce4df 100644
--- a/src/layers/launches/lifecycle.js
+++ b/src/layers/launches/lifecycle.js
@@ -125,11 +125,29 @@ function captureCameraView(viewer) {
   };
 }
 
-/** Stop the full-globe flight and return to a captured pose. */
-function restoreCameraView(viewer, view) {
+function sameCameraView(camera, view) {
+  return (
+    Cesium.Cartesian3.equalsEpsilon(
+      camera.positionWC,
+      view.destination,
+      0,
+      1,
+    ) &&
+    ['heading', 'pitch', 'roll'].every((key) =>
+      Cesium.Math.equalsEpsilon(camera[key], view.orientation[key], 0, 1e-6),
+    )
+  );
+}
+
+/**
+ * Return to the pose before entry while the entry's full-globe flight still
+ * holds the camera: in flight, or landed with nothing moved since.
+ */
+function restoreCameraView(viewer, view, landedView) {
   const camera = viewer?.camera;
   if (!camera) return;
-  camera.cancelFlight?.();
+  if (!landedView) camera.cancelFlight?.();
+  else if (!sameCameraView(camera, landedView)) return;
   camera.setView(view);
 }
 
@@ -228,9 +246,21 @@ export function createLifecycle({
         parts.panel.renderMissionRoster();
       }
       // Kept until the mission index loads, so an entry that never does
-      // gives the view back.
+      // gives the view back. A newer flight takes the camera and drops it.
+      const token = layerState._lifecycleToken;
       layerState._entryCameraView = captureCameraView(layerState._viewer);
-      parts.selection.focusFullGlobe(layerState._viewer);
+      layerState._entryLandedView = null;
+      const flying = parts.selection.focusFullGlobe(layerState._viewer, {
+        complete: () => {
+          if (token === layerState._lifecycleToken)
+            layerState._entryLandedView = captureCameraView(layerState._viewer);
+        },
+        cancel: () => {
+          if (token === layerState._lifecycleToken)
+            layerState._entryCameraView = null;
+        },
+      });
+      if (!flying) layerState._entryCameraView = null;
       if (layerState._selectedLaunchId)
         parts.selection.setSelectedMission(
           layerState._selectedLaunchId,
@@ -246,7 +276,12 @@ export function createLifecycle({
       layerState._enabled = false;
       const entryView = layerState._entryCameraView;
       layerState._entryCameraView = null;
-      if (entryView) restoreCameraView(layerState._viewer, entryView);
+      if (entryView)
+        restoreCameraView(
+          layerState._viewer,
+          entryView,
+          layerState._entryLandedView,
+        );
       releaseContinuousRender('rocket-launches');
       layerState._lifecycleToken++;
       layerState._updateDirty = false;
diff --git a/src/layers/launches/selection.js b/src/layers/launches/selection.js
index 813b7875f..0f7955551 100644
--- a/src/layers/launches/selection.js
+++ b/src/layers/launches/selection.js
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ export function createSelection({
 }) {
   const { getKeyholeGeometry } = services.geometry;
 
-  function focusFullGlobe(viewer, duration = 2.4) {
+  /** @returns {boolean} Whether the flight started. */
+  function focusFullGlobe(viewer, { duration = 2.4, complete, cancel } = {}) {
     const canvas = viewer?.scene?.canvas;
     const height = canvas?.clientHeight || canvas?.height;
     const width = canvas?.clientWidth || canvas?.width;
@@ -23,7 +24,7 @@ export function createSelection({
       fovy <= 0 ||
       fovy >= Math.PI
     )
-      return;
+      return false;
     const earthRadius = Cesium.Ellipsoid.WGS84.maximumRadius;
     const keyholeRadius = getKeyholeGeometry(width, height).radius;
     const targetScreenRadius = keyholeRadius * 0.61;
@@ -45,7 +46,10 @@ export function createSelection({
       },
       duration,
       easingFunction: Cesium.EasingFunction.CUBIC_IN_OUT,
+      complete,
+      cancel,
     });
+    return true;
   }
 
   function entityLaunchId(entity) {
diff --git a/src/layers/launches/state.js b/src/layers/launches/state.js
index c4c032b10..9ef571428 100644
--- a/src/layers/launches/state.js
+++ b/src/layers/launches/state.js
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ export function createState({ services }) {
 
   state._entryCameraView = null;
 
+  state._entryLandedView = null;
+
   state._stale = false;
 
   state._orbitMatches = 0;