Rocket Launches in Florida
An up-to-date list of all 145 scheduled rocket launches in Florida, and a map of active launch sites.
Rocket Launch Sites in Florida
Kennedy Space Center
NASA's primary launch site for human spaceflight, housing iconic facilities and a rich space history.
Cape Canaveral Space Force Station
Historic U.S. military rocket launch site, pivotal in space exploration and national security.
Upcoming Florida Launches
Success
27 Jul, 5:45am
UTC
A batch of satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Last Update: Launch success
28 Jul, 4:13am
UTC
A batch of satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Last Update: Weather 85%
Classified payload for the US Space Force.
Last Update: GO for launch.
2 Aug, 4:19am
UTC
A batch of satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Last Update: Targeting NET August 2 per NOTAM F2669/24.
3 Aug, 3:28pm
UTC
This is the 21st flight of the Orbital ATK's uncrewed resupply spacecraft Cygnus and its 20th flight to the International Space Station under the Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA.
Last Update: GO for launch (11:30 mark of video)
SpaceX Crew-9 is the ninth crewed operational flight of a Crew Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station as part of NASA's Commercial Crew Program.
Last Update: NET August 18 (launch time via https://www.launchphotography.com/Launch_Viewing_Guide.html)
TBD
Aug 2024
WorldView Legion is a constellation of Earth observation satellites built and operated by Maxar. Constellation is planned to consist of 6 satellites in both polar and mid-inclination orbits, providing 30 cm-class resolution.
Last Update: NET August.
TBD
Aug 2024
First mission of the privately funded Polaris program. The goal of this mission, lasting up to five days in orbit, is to fly higher than previous Dragon missions, perform the first-ever commercial EVA with SpaceX-designed spacesuits, orbit through portions of the Van Allen radiation belt, conduct medical research, and test laser-based Starlink communications in space.
Last Update: NET August.
GSAT-20 is an Indian geostationary Ka-band high-throughput communications satellite. GSAT 20 is reportedly built on the I-6K unified modular bus and features a Ka-band high-throughput communications payload with 70 Gbps throughput utilizing multiple spot beams providing broadband services across the Indian region. It will be the first fully Electric Propulsion/EP enabled satellite which can be five to six times more efficient than chemical-based propulsion. It will be the first ISRO made satellite to move from Geostationary transfer orbit to Geosynchronous orbit using Electric Propulsion.
Last Update: NET August.
TBD
Aug 2024
A batch of satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Last Update: Reverting to TBD July pending completion of the investigation into the Starlink Group 9-3 second engine failure
TBD
Aug 2024
A batch of satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Updated: Jul 27, 10:30am UTC
TBD
Sep 2024
Two satellites for Europe's Galileo navigation system. Originally planned for launch on Soyuz-ST and then Ariane 6 but both were unavailable. Galileo provides Europe with an alternative to the American GPS and Russian GLONASS constellations, but will be interoperable with both systems.
Last Update: NET September 13.
TBD
Sep 2024
Replacement Vulcan test launch with inert payload, experiments, and demonstrations for certification with the USSF after delays caused by payload testing of the Sierra Space Dreamchaser CRS SNC-1 mission, the original planned payload.
Last Update: NET September 16.
TBD
Sep 2024
Maiden flight of Blue Origin's New Glenn launch vehicle carrying the Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers (EscaPADE), a dual-spacecraft mission to study ion and sputtered escape from Mars. The spacecrafts' scientific goals are to understand the processes controlling the structure of Mars' hybrid magnetosphere and how it guides ion flows; understand how energy and momentum are transported from the solar wind through Mars' magnetosphere; and understand the processes controlling the flow of energy and matter into and out of the collisional atmosphere.
Last Update: NET September 29.
TBD
Sep 2024
Four Astranis MicroGEO communications satellite inserted in a custom geostationary orbit, from where they conduct on-orbit maneuvers to reach their individual slots.
Last Update: NET Q3 2024.
TBD
Sep 2024
First five satellites for SpaceMobile’s cellphone-compatible broadband constellation.
Last Update: NET September.
TBD
Sep 2024
31st commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station operated by SpaceX. The flight will be conducted under the second Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA. Cargo Dragon 2 brings supplies and payloads, including critical materials to directly support science and research investigations that occur onboard the orbiting laboratory.
Last Update: NET September 2024. (page SO-27)
Hera is a space mission in development at the European Space Agency in its Space Safety program. Its primary objective is to study the Didymos binary asteroid system that was impacted by DART and contribute to validation of the kinetic impact method to deviate a near-Earth asteroid in a colliding trajectory with Earth. It will measure the size and the morphology of the crater created by and momentum transferred by an artificial projectile impacting an asteroid, which will allow measuring the efficiency of the deflection produced by the impact. It will also analyze the expanding debris cloud caused by the impact.
Last Update: NET October 7.
10 Oct, 3:51pm
UTC
Europa Clipper is the first dedicated mission to study Jupiter's moon Europa. Mission is developed by NASA and comprises of an orbiter spacecraft, which, while in orbit around Jupiter, will perform numerous flybys over Europa. Europa Clipper payload suit included high-resolution cameras and spectrometers for imaging Europa's surface and thin atmosphere, an ice-penetrating radar to search for subsurface water, and a magnetometer and gravity measurements to measure the moon's magnetic field and unlock clues about its ocean and deep interior.
Last Update: Added tentative launch time and date.
TBD
Oct 2024
This is a Crew Dragon flight for a private company Axiom Space. The mission will carry a professionally trained commander alongside three private astronauts to and from the International Space Station. This crew will stay aboard space station for at least eight days.
Last Update: NET October 2024.
TBD
Oct 2024
Impulse Space's Mars Lander is designed to support research and development needed for human exploration of Mars.
Updated: Jul 27, 10:30am UTC
TBD
Nov 2024
First of two new-generation satellites built by Airbus to provide secure communications to the Spanish government, its allies, and various international organizations.
Last Update: NET late November.
Dedicated rideshare flight to a mid-inclination orbit with dozens of small microsatellites and nanosatellites for commercial and government customers.
Updated: Apr 12, 11:32pm UTC
TBD
Nov 2024
Note: Name of payload is provisional. Third launch of an ultimately 5 reconnaissance satellites for the South Korean Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA), with 1 synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite on this launch. They will be launched to low Earth orbit between 600 and 700 km by 2025, enabling South Korea’s military to observe the nuclear-armed neighbor’s key military facilities every two hours with 30-50 centimeters resolution imagery, according to a 2019 report produced by the Korea Institute of S&T Evaluation and Planning. The project is lead by the Korean Agency for Defense Development (ADD) and Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI), with input from Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI), Hanwha Systems and Thales Alenia Space.
Updated: Apr 12, 11:32pm UTC
TBD
2024
This is the second mission of Nova-C lunar lander developed and built by Intuitive Machines. This time it carries a NASA payload called PRIME-1 (Polar Resources Ice Mining Experiment-1), which is to be the first demonstration of in-situ resource utilization on the Moon. PRIME-1 consists of two instruments: TRIDENT drill and Msolo mass spectrometer.
Last Update: NET December 2024.