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 non-exhaustive 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: May TBD
Vehicle: SpaceX Falcon 9
Mission: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the company’s latest batch of Starlink internet satellites into orbit.
Launch Window: TBD
Location: Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station
Date: May 21
Vehicle: SpaceX Falcon 9
Mission: SpaceX will launch NASA’s second private astronaut flight to the International Space Station contracted with Axiom Space.
Launch Window: 5:37 p.m.
Location: Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center
Date: May TBD
Vehicle: Delta IV Heavy
Mission: A three-core United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket will launch a classified payload for the National Reconnaissance Office.
Launch Window: TBD
Location: Launch Complex 37 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station
Date: TBD
Vehicle: ULA Vulcan Centaur
Mission: ULA’s new Vulcan Centaur rocket, which will replace Atlas V to become the only vehicle in its fleet, will fly its inaugural mission from Cape Canaveral with Astrobotic’s Peregrine lunar lander.
Launch Window: TBD
Location: Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station
Date: June 3
Vehicle: SpaceX Falcon 9
Mission: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch SpaceX’s 28th commercial resupply mission for NASA to the International Space Station.
Launch Window: 12:35 p.m.
Location: Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center
Date: July 21
Vehicle: United Launch Alliance Atlas V
Mission: The first crewed flight of Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft.
Launch Window: TBD
Location: Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station