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Space Coast gears up for busy 2026 schedule
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.
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: Feb. 21
Vehicle: SpaceX Falcon 9
Mission: SpaceX will launch Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit.
Launch Time: 9:04 p.m. to 1:04 a.m. Sunday.
Location: Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Launch Complex 40
Date: Feb. 24
Vehicle: SpaceX Falcon 9
Mission: SpaceX will launch Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit.
Launch Time: 3:56 p.m. to 7:56 p.m.
Location: Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Launch Complex 40
Date: Feb. 27
Vehicle: SpaceX Falcon 9
Mission: SpaceX will launch Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit.
Launch Time: 4:52 a.m. to 8:52 a.m.
Location: Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Launch Complex 40
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: No earlier than March 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: 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: No earlier than 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
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