BREVARD COUNTY, 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.
This year, the spaceport is more crowded than ever as more commercial launch providers like Boeing, SpaceX, ULA and Astra deliver satellites and astronauts into low-Earth orbit.
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We’ve compiled a list of upcoming Space Coast launches to keep you in the know.
Keep checking back 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 are tentative!
Date: June 29, 2022
Vehicle: SpaceX Falcon 9
Mission: The SES-22 mission. This will launch geostationary communications satellites for Thales Alenia Space. SES 22 will provide C-band television and data services in the United States.
Launch Window: 5:04 p.m. EST
Location: Cape Canaveral Space Force Station - Space Launch Complex 40
Date: June 30, 2022
Vehicle: United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V
Mission: A United Launch Alliance Atlas V 541 rocket will launch the USSF-12 mission for the U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC).
Launch Window: 6 p.m. EST
Location: Cape Canaveral Space Force Station - Space Launch Complex 41
Date: July 14, 2022
Vehicle: SpaceX Falcon 9
Mission: CRS-25. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch a Dragon 2 spacecraft on another cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station. The flight is the 25th mission by SpaceX conducted under a Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA. This is a rescheduled mission from June 10 after SpaceX teams previously detected “elevated vapor readings of mono-methyl hydrazine” in a Draco thruster valve inlet joint during routine fueling.
Launch Window: TBA
Location: Kennedy Space Center - Launch Complex 39A