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.
I repeat: All launch dates and times are tentative!
- Date: Jan. 25
- Vehicle: SpaceX Falcon 9
- Mission: SpaceX will launch a Lockheed Martin-built GPS satellite to medium-Earth orbit. The satellite is the ninth in a series of next-generation Space Force GPS satellites.
- Launch Time: 11:38 p.m. Sunday to 12:56 a.m. Monday
- Location: Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Launch Complex 40
- Date: Jan. 28
- Vehicle: SpaceX Falcon 9
- Mission: SpaceX will launch Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit.
- Launch Time: 9:14 p.m. Wednesday to 1:14 a.m. Thursday
- Location: Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Launch Complex 40
- Date: Feb. 2
- Vehicle: ULA Vulcan
- Mission: United Launch Alliance will launch a national security mission into geosynchronous orbit.
- Launch Time: TBD
- Location: Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Launch Complex 41
- Date: No earlier than Feb. 6
- Vehicle: Space Launch System
- Mission: Four astronauts on NASA’s Artemis II mission will venture around the moon during a 10-day flight to help pave the way for future human lunar exploration missions.
- Launch Time: TBD
- Location: NASA Kennedy Space Center Launch Pad 39B
- Date: No earlier than Feb. 15
- Vehicle: SpaceX Falcon 9
- Mission: Four crew members (Crew-12) from three space agencies will launch aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station.
- Launch Time: TBD
- Location: TBD
- Date: No earlier than late February
- Vehicle: Blue Origin New Glenn
- Mission: Blue Origin will launch AST SpaceMobile’s next-generation Block 2 BlueBird satellite to low-Earth orbit.
- Launch Time: TBD
- Location: Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Launch Complex 36
- Date: First half of 2026
- Vehicle: Blue Origin New Glenn
- Mission: Blue Origin will launch a Blue Moon lunar lander carrying NASA payloads on a demonstration mission.
- Launch Time: TBD
- Location: Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Launch Complex 36
- Date: NET April
- Vehicle: Boeing Starliner
- Mission: An uncrewed Boeing Starliner will deliver cargo to the International Space Station and undergo in-flight validation of a series of system upgrades.
- Launch Time: TBD
- Location: TBD
- Date: Q4 2026
- 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: Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Launch Complex 41