Located in Cape Canaveral, Florida, is the world-renowned NASA’s Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, known as the busiest launch sites globally.
We’ve compiled a non-exhaustive list of upcoming Space Coast launches so you can know what to expect.
It is essential to stay updated as launch schedules can change due to various factors such as weather conditions, technical issues, and range constraints, which are common knowledge among space enthusiasts.
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I repeat: All launch dates and times are tentative!
Date: Jan. 2
Vehicle: SpaceX Falcon 9
Upcoming Mission: SpaceX is preparing for the launch of Space42’s Thuraya-4 geostationary telecommunications satellite, as indicated by a Federal Aviation Administration operations plan advisory.
Launch Time: 8:27 p.m. Thursday to 12:53 a.m. Friday.
Location: Cape Canaveral Space Force Station
Date: Jan. 5
Vehicle: SpaceX Falcon 9
Mission: SpaceX will launch another payload of Starlink internet-beaming satellites into low-Earth orbit, a Federal Aviation Administration operations plan advisory indicates.
Launch Time: 12:10 p.m. to 4:41 p.m.
Location: Cape Canaveral Space Force Station
Date: No earlier than Jan. 5
Vehicle: New Glenn
Mission: Blue Origin’s first massive 320-foot New Glenn rocket has recently hot-fired, and the inaugural launch is up next.
Launch Time: TBD
Location: Cape Canaveral Space Force Station
Date: Jan. 6
Vehicle: SpaceX Falcon 9
Mission: A SpaceX Falcon 9 will launch another payload of Starlink internet-beaming satellites into low-Earth orbit, a National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency navigational warning shows
Launch Time: 11:19 a.m. to 3:50 p.m.
Location: Kennedy Space Center
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: Mid-January
Vehicle: SpaceX Falcon 9
Mission: Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Mission One lander will carry 10 NASA science and technology instruments to the moon after launching on a Falcon 9 rocket.
Launch Time: TBD
Location: Kennedy Space Center
Date: February
Vehicle: SpaceX Falcon 9
Mission: NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 crew members will launch for a long-duration stay aboard the International Space Station on a Falcon 9 rocket.
Launch Time: TBD
Location: TBD
Date: Late March
Vehicle: SpaceX Falcon 9
Mission: NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 crew members will launch for a long-duration stay aboard the International Space Station on a Falcon 9 rocket.
Launch Time: TBD
Location: TBD
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
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