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: March 30
Vehicle: SpaceX Falcon 9
Mission: Although not yet confirmed, it appears SpaceX will deploy Starlink internet-beaming satellites into low-Earth orbit.
Launch Time: 3:20 p.m. to 7:10 p.m.
Location: Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station
Date: March 31
Vehicle: SpaceX Falcon 9
Mission: Private SpaceX spaceflight mission, Fram2, is set to be the first human spaceflight mission to orbit around Earth’s poles. The mission will launch aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. The launch trajectory is stated to be a first, as the crew is heading for a 90-degree circular orbit.
Launch Time: 9:47 p.m.
Location: Kennedy Space Center Launch Pad 39A
Date: April 21
Vehicle: SpaceX Falcon 9
Mission: NASA and SpaceX will launch a Dragon spacecraft on the 32nd SpaceX commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station.
Launch Time: TBA
Location: Kennedy Space Center Launch Pad 39A
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
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.
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