Rocket Launches in the United States
An up-to-date list of all 206 scheduled rocket launches in the United States, and a map of active launch sites.
Rocket Launch Sites in the United States
Cape Canaveral Space Force Station
Historic U.S. military rocket launch site, pivotal in space exploration and national security.
Kennedy Space Center
NASA's primary launch site for human spaceflight, housing iconic facilities and a rich space history.
Starbase
SpaceX's facility in Texas for developing and launching Starship rockets.
Corn Ranch
Spaceport in Texas, USA, operated by Blue Origin for New Shepard rocket launches and tests.
Vandenberg SFB
U.S. Space Force facility in California for spacecraft launches and missile testing.
Mojave Air and Space Port
A leading air launch facility for private spaceflight and aerospace research in Mojave, California.
Wallops Island
NASA rocket launch site for science and exploration missions, established in 1945 in Virginia.
Pacific Spaceport Complex - Alaska
Commercial and military spaceport in Alaska, supporting orbital and sub-orbital launches since 1998.
Spaceport America
Purpose-built commercial spaceport in New Mexico, supporting vertical and horizontal launches.
Upcoming the United States Launches
27 Jul, 4:21am
UTC
A batch of satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Last Update: Launch window accurate to the second
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: T-0 accurate to the second
28 Jul, 7:24am
UTC
A batch of satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Last Update: T-0 is accurate to the second
Classified payload for the US Space Force.
Last Update: GO for launch.
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: Targeting August 3rd, 15:28:51 UTC per ISS OEM data.
Dedicated rideshare flight to a sun-synchronous orbit with dozens of small microsatellites and nanosatellites for commercial and government customers.
Last Update: NET August 15.
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.
ASBM (Arctic Satellite Broadband Mission) 1 & 2 are two twin satellites built by Northrop Grumman for Space Norway, in cooperation with Inmarsat and the Norwegian Ministry of Defence. They are designed to bring mobile broadband coverage in the Arctic for both civilians and military. The US Air Force provides the Extremely High Frequency eXtended Data Rate payloads on ASBM satellites as part of the Enhanced Polar System Recapitalization (EPS-R) program.
Last Update: Reverting to TBD July pending completion of the investigation into the Starlink Group 9-3 second engine failure
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.
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 mid-August 2024.
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 26, 11:00pm UTC
TBD
Aug 2024
A batch of satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Updated: Jul 26, 11:00pm UTC
TBD
Aug 2024
A batch of satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Updated: Jul 26, 11:00pm UTC
TBD
Aug 2024
A batch of satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Updated: Jul 26, 11:00pm UTC
TBD
Aug 2024
A batch of satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Updated: Jul 26, 11:00pm UTC
TBD
Aug 2024
A batch of satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Updated: Jul 26, 11:00pm UTC
TBD
Aug 2024
Fifth test flight of the two-stage Starship launch vehicle.
Last Update: NET August.
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)