Will Today See a Rocket Launch? Check the Latest SpaceX, Axiom, and ULA Schedules from Cape Canaveral
In the initial four months of the year, 36 orbital rockets were launched from Florida's Space Coast. This rate surpasses last year's record and sets a new benchmark. 93 annual liftoffs .
Actually, Space Force officials currently estimate that this year's final launch total might hit 107.
Will a new record come to light?Stay tuned. The scheduled launches for May at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center and nearby Cape Canaveral Space Force Station will include multiple SpaceX Starlink missions as well as the SpaceX-Axiom Space Ax-4 crewed launch.
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In the not-too-distant future: NASA's SpaceX Crew-11 mission, United Launch Alliance's USSF-106 national security task Blue Origin's next New Glenn rocket liftoff.
Here are the upcoming missions launching from the Cape. All launch timings are provided in Eastern Standard Time. However, please keep in mind that dates and times can often shift due to numerous factors.
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Saturday, May 10: SpaceX Starlink 6-91
- Mission: Though SpaceX has yet to publicly announce this mission, a 4½-hour Starlink post-midnight launch window will open Saturday, a Federal Aviation Administration operations plan advisory indicates.
- Launch window: 2:28 a.m. to 6:59 a.m.
- Location: Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
- Sonic booms: No.
- Trajectory : Southeast.
- Watch LIVE Florida Today’s Space Coverage: Begins 90 minutes prior to launch time News in A Day/space .
Late May: SpaceX Launches GPS III-7
- Mission: The Space Force’s Space Systems Command plans to send up a GPS III satellite using a Falcon 9 rocket instead of swapping it with a ULA Vulcan rocket for this particular mission.
- Launch window : TBA.
- Location: Cape Canaveral Space Force Station's Launch Complex 40.
- Trajectory : TBA.
- Watch LIVE Florida Today Space Coverage Begins four hours prior to launch time News in A Day/space .
Thursday, May 29: SpaceX - Axiom Space Ax-4
- Mission: The fourth crewed mission organized by Axiom Space for the International Space Station will be launched using a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spaceship, departing from NASA's Kennedy Space Center.
- Launch : 1:03 p.m.
- Location: Pad 39A.
- Live FLORIDA TODAY Space Team coverage: Commences four minutes before launch time News in A Day/space .
Not before July: NASA's SpaceX Crew-11
- Mission: NASA and SpaceX will team up to send four crew members for a long-duration stay aboard the International Space Station.
- Launch : TBA.
- Location: TBA.
- Live FLORIDA TODAY Space Team coverage: Starts two hours before liftoff at News in A Day/space .
TBA: United Launch Alliance USSF-106
- Mission: Equipped with four solid rocket boosters, ULA's third Vulcan rocket will launch for the Space Force's USSF-106 national security mission into geostationary orbit over twenty-two thousand miles above our planet.
- Launch: TBA.
- Location: Launch Pad 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
- Sonic booms: No.
- Watch LIVE Florida Today Space Coverage: Commences four minutes prior to launch time News in A Day/space .
TBA: Blue Origin NASA ADVENTURE
- Mission: Blue Origin plans to launch its powerful New Glenn rocket from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The inaugural flight of this vehicle will be tasked with sending NASA's ESCAPADE mission to Mars.
- Launch window : TBA.
- Location: Launch Complex 36.
- Watch LIVE Florida Today Space Coverage: Begins 90 minutes prior to launch time News in A Day/space .
Fall: Sierra Space Dream Chaser
- Mission: Sierra Space will launch its uncrewed Dream Chaser space plane atop a ULA Vulcan rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
- Launch window : TBA.
- Location: Launch Complex 41.
- Watch LIVE Florida Today Space Coverage: Commences 120 minutes prior to launch time News in A Day/space .
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