Florida Launch Schedule

Upcoming launches out of Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral AFB

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Galileo L13 (FOC FM26 & FM32)

SpaceX | United States of America
Cape Canaveral, FL, USA
September 15, 2024
Status: To Be Confirmed
Mission:

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.

Medium Earth Orbit Unknown F9 - Maiden Flight Just Read the Instructions
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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Crew-9

SpaceX | United States of America
Cape Canaveral, FL, USA
September 25, 2024
Status: To Be Confirmed
Mission:

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.

Low Earth Orbit B1085 - Flight Proven ( ) Landing Zone 1
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Vulcan VC2S | Certification Flight 2

United Launch Alliance | United States of America
Cape Canaveral, FL, USA
TBD September, 2024
Status: To Be Determined
Mission:

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.

Low Earth Orbit
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Falcon 9 Block 5 | 4x Astranis MicroGEO

SpaceX | United States of America
Cape Canaveral, FL, USA
TBD September, 2024
Status: To Be Determined
Mission:

Four Astranis MicroGEO communications satellite inserted in a custom geostationary orbit, from where they conduct on-orbit maneuvers to reach their individual slots.

Geostationary Transfer Orbit
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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Hera

SpaceX | United States of America
Cape Canaveral, FL, USA
October 07, 2024
Status: To Be Confirmed
Mission:

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.

Asteroid
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Falcon Heavy | Europa Clipper

SpaceX | United States of America
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Oct. 10, 2024, 4:31 p.m.
Status: Go for Launch
Mission:

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.

Heliocentric N/A B1090 - Maiden Flight Atlantic Ocean B1065 - Flight Proven ( ) Atlantic Ocean B1064 - Flight Proven ( ) Atlantic Ocean
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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Dragon CRS-2 SpX-31

SpaceX | United States of America
Cape Canaveral, FL, USA
October 16, 2024
Status: To Be Confirmed
Mission:

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.

Low Earth Orbit
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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Sirius SXM-9

SpaceX | United States of America
Cape Canaveral, FL, USA
TBD October, 2024
Status: To Be Determined
Mission:

SXM-9 is the 10th high-powered, digital, audio radio satellite built by Maxar (SSL) for SiriusXM. The SXM-9 satellite will be based on Maxar’s proven 1300-class platform and built at the company’s manufacturing facility in Palo Alto, California. It is expected that SXM-9 will launch in 2024. SXM-9 has a large, mesh, unfurlable reflector almost 10 meters in diameter that allows SiriusXM programming to reach its radios, including those in moving vehicles.

Geostationary Transfer Orbit
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Vulcan | USSF-106

United Launch Alliance | United States of America
Cape Canaveral, FL, USA
TBD October, 2024
Status: To Be Determined
Mission:

USSF-106 is a mission for the United States Space Force.

Unknown
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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Koreasat 6A

SpaceX | United States of America
Cape Canaveral, FL, USA
TBD October, 2024
Status: To Be Determined
Mission:

The Koreasat 6A spacecraft, built by Thales Alenia Space, will have 20 transponders for fixed satellite services and six for TV broadcasting to replace the Koreasat 6 launched in 2010. Koreasat 6A will be based on the manufacturer’s Spacebus 4000B2 platform and is expected to weigh about 3.5 metric tons at launch. It will be designed to operate for at least 15 years.

Geostationary Transfer Orbit
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Falcon 9
Success
1 day, 15 hours ago
Starlink Group 9-6
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

A batch of 21 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.


Falcon 9
Success
2 days, 8 hours ago
BlueBird Block 1
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral, FL, USA

First five satellites for SpaceMobile’s cellphone-compatible broadband constellation.


Soyuz 2.1a
Success
3 days, 1 hour ago
Soyuz MS-26
31/6 - Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

Soyuz MS-26 will carry two cosmonauts and one astronaut to the International Space Station aboard the Soyuz spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome i…


Falcon 9
Success
4 days, 8 hours ago
Polaris Dawn
Launch Complex 39A - Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

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 Dra…


Falcon 9
Success
1 week, 1 day ago
NROL-113
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

Third batch of satellites for a reconnaissance satellite constellation built by SpaceX and Northrop Grumman for the National Reconnaissance Office to…


Long March 6
Success
1 week, 1 day ago
Geely Constellation Group 03
Launch Complex 16 - Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

10 LEO communications satellites for Chinese car manufacturer Geely Automotive for testing autonomous driving/inter-vehicle communication services. T…


Falcon 9
Success
1 week, 2 days ago
Starlink Group 8-11
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral, FL, USA

A batch of 21 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.


Vega
Success
1 week, 2 days ago
Sentinel-2C
Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV) - Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana

Sentinel-2C is the third satellite in the Sentinel-2 constellation, which is designed to provide high-resolution optical imagery for land services.


Long March 4B
Success
1 week, 4 days ago
Yaogan 43 Group 02
Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1) - Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

The Yaogan 43 Group 02 is a group of Chinese military “remote sensing” satellites of unknown purposes.


Falcon 9
Success
2 weeks ago
Starlink Group 9-5
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

A batch of 21 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.