Kennedy Space Center Launch Schedule
Stay updated on Kennedy Space Center's rocket launches with our real-time schedule. You can see 20 planned space missions on our website. Watch the live stream of any Kennedy Space Center rocket launch happening today.
Launch Service Provider
Vehicle
Mission
USSF-75
Mission Type
Government/Top Secret
Destination
Geostationary Orbit
Classified payload for the United States Space Force
Updated: Apr 12, 11:33pm UTC
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Upcoming Kennedy Space Center Launches
TBD
Jan 2027
Demonstration flight of the Astrobotic Griffin lander and its engines, initially contracted for the NASA VIPER (Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover) mission. The vacated payload spot will now host the FLIP (FLEX Lunar Innovation Platform) lunar rover from Astrolab.
Last Update: Delayed to NET January.
TBD
Jun 2027
Artemis III is the second crew mission as part of the Artemis program. Artemis III will send a crew of 4 on a Low Earth Orbit mission, with the Orion rendezvous and dock with one or both commercial lunar landers in development by SpaceX and Blue Origin, performing in-space tests of the docked vehicles, integrated checkout of life support, communications, and propulsion systems, as well as tests of the new Extravehicular Activity (xEVA) suits.
Last Update: NET June 2027.
Classified payload for the US Space Force.
Last Update: Launch will be on Falcon Heavy.
TBD
Jun 2027
Twelfth Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) encrypted military communication satellite
Last Update: Launch will be on Falcon Heavy.
Classified payload for the US National Reconnaissance Office
Last Update: Launch will be on Falcon Heavy.
TBD
Jun 2027
The Starship HLS pathfinder spacecraft in support of NASA's Artemis III mission in Low Earth Orbit will be a Version 3 vehicle equipped with a docking mechanism, but with no crew cabin or environmental control systems on board. This Starship HLS will launch after the Artemis III Orion has launched into LEO aboard SLS, and has completed its demonstrations with Blue Origin's Blue Moon lander. Once docked, Orion and Starship will spend about a day connected for checkouts and testing.
Updated: Aug 30, 1:00am UTC
TBD
2027
Third Astrobotic lunar mission, details TBA.
Updated: Apr 11, 3:30am UTC
TBD
Jun 2028
Artemis IV is planned to be the first human lunar landing mission since the Apollo Program.
Last Update: NET first half of 2028.
Dragonfly is NASA's 4th New Frontiers program mission that will send a robotic rotorcraft to fly within the atmosphere of Saturn's moon Titan to sample materials and determine surface composition in different geologic settings, advancing humanity's search for the building blocks of life. The craft is a large quadcopter with double rotors with mass of about 875 kg, featuring rotors of 1.35 m in diameter. It can fly through several kilometers within an hour and will perform 1 flight per Titan day (~16 Earth days). During the planned 3.3-year mission, Dragonfly is expected to cover distance up to several hundred km. Dragonfly will use a Multi-Mission Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator (MMRTG) to power its instruments. The planned science instrument suite is: * DragonCam: Camera Suite * DrACO: Drill for Acquisition of Complex Organics * DraMS: Mass Spectrometer * DraGNS: Gamma-ray and Neutron Spectrometer * DraGMet: Geophysics and Meteorology
Updated: Nov 27, 11:30am UTC
TBD
Oct 2028
ExoMars 2028 is a second mission of two-part European Space Agency astrobiology project to search for evidence of life on Mars. The primary objective is to land the rover at a site with high potential for finding well-preserved organic material, particularly from the very early history of the planet. The rover is expected to travel several kilometers during its mission. The European rover will be the first mission to combine the capability to move across the surface and to study Mars at depth. It will collect samples with a drill down to a depth of 2 m and analyze them with next-generation instruments in an onboard laboratory. Underground samples are more likely to include biomarkers, since the tenuous martian atmosphere offers little protection from radiation and photochemistry at the surface.
Last Update: Launch service provider and launch vehicle confirmed.
TBD
2028
Superbird-9 is a high throughput communication satellite. It is designed to deliver broadcast and broadband missions in Ku band primarily over Japan and Eastern Asia, in response to mobility and broadband demands.
Last Update: NET 2028.
Artemis V is planned to be the second human lunar landing mission since the Apollo Program.
Last Update: NET second half of 2028.
TBD
2029
The Power and Propulsion Element (PPE) and Habitation and Logistics Outpost (HALO) are the foundational elements of NASA's lunar-orbiting space station "Gateway". The PPE is a 60-kilowatt class solar electric propulsion spacecraft that also will provide power, high-speed communications, attitude control and the capability to move the Gateway to different lunar orbits. The HALO is the pressurized living quarters where astronauts who visit the Gateway, often on their way to the Moon, will work. It will provide command and control and serve as the docking hub for the outpost. HALO will support science investigations, distribute power, provide communications for visiting vehicles and lunar surface expeditions, and supplement the life support systems aboard Orion, NASA’s spacecraft that will deliver Artemis astronauts to the Gateway.
Last Update: NET 2027
Private space station developed by a joint venture between Voyager Space and Airbus.
Last Update: NET 2029
TBD
2029
Second Next-Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared GEO (NGG) satellite for the US Space Force. It is designed to deliver survivable, resilient missile warning, tracking, and defense.
Last Update: Payload swap with USSF-50 (to be launched on Vulcan Centaur) confirmed.
Classified US Space Force mission
Last Update: Updated launch vehicle configuration.
Classified payload for the US Space Force. This launch will also carry the Oracle-M, a cutting-edge SSA pathfinder satellite designed to provide persistent situational awareness in cis-lunar space, demonstrating new tracking and navigation capabilities essential for future space operations. The mission will showcase tracking and trajectory estimation for monitoring cis-lunar objects, cloud-based ground operations with integrated government and contractor collaboration, and navigation and communications using affordable commercial ground systems. It will also support data collection and distribution to those charged with maintaining cis-lunar situational awareness.
Last Update: Payload swap with USSF-112 (to be launched on Vulcan Centaur) confirmed.
TBD
Sep 2030
Updated: Jan 3, 8:05pm UTC
TBD
Sep 2031
Updated: Jan 3, 8:05pm UTC