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When is the next rocket launch in Florida? Here’s an updated calendar

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Florida’s Space Coast is home to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, the busiest launch sites in the world.

We’ve compiled a non-exhaustive list of upcoming Space Coast launches so you can know what to expect.

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Keep checking back, though, because as most space enthusiasts know, launch schedules are subject to change due to weather, technical reasons and range restrictions.

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I repeat: All launch dates and times are tentative!


Date: Feb. 26

Vehicle: SpaceX Falcon 9

Mission: SpaceX will launch an Intuitive Machines lunar lander, which will carry NASA science-technology demonstrations and other commercial payloads to Mons Mouton, a lunar plateau near the moon’s South Pole region.

Launch Time: 7:02 p.m. to 8:04 p.m.

Location: Kennedy Space Center Launch Pad 39A


Date: Feb. 26

Vehicle: SpaceX Falcon 9

Mission: SpaceX will launch a Falcon 9 rocket from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, bringing another set of 21 Starlink communications satellites into orbit.

Launch Time: 10:34 p.m.

Location: Cape Canaveral Space Force Station


Date: Feb. 27

Vehicle: SpaceX Falcon 9

Mission: A SpaceX Falcon 9 will launch the next batch of Starlink internet satellites into low-Earth orbit.

Launch Time: 9:52 p.m. to 2:23 a.m. Friday

Location: Cape Canaveral Space Force Station


Date: March 12

Vehicle: SpaceX Falcon 9

Mission: NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 crew members will launch for a long-duration stay aboard the International Space Station.

Launch Time: TBD

Location: TBD


Date: TBD

Vehicle: ULA Vulcan

Mission: Equipped with four solid rocket boosters, ULA’s third Vulcan rocket will take flight on the Space Force’s USSF-106 national security mission into geosynchronous orbit more than 22,000 miles above Earth.

Launch Time: TBD

Location: Cape Canaveral Space Force Station


Date: Spring

Vehicle: SpaceX Falcon 9

Mission: Axiom Space’s fourth private astronaut mission to the International Space Station will launch aboard a SpaceX Dragon capsule.

Launch Time: TBD

Location: Kennedy Space Center Launch Pad 39A


Date: Spring 2025

Vehicle: New Glenn

Mission: Blue Origin will launch its powerhouse New Glenn rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. This first launch will send NASA’s ESCAPADE mission to Mars.

Launch Time: TBD

Location: Cape Canaveral Space Force Station


Date: May

Vehicle: ULA Vulcan

Mission: Sierra Space will launch its uncrewed Dream Chaser space plane atop a ULA Vulcan rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

Launch Time: TBD

Location: Launch Complex 41.