Florida Launch Schedule

Upcoming launches out of Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral AFB

Atlas V N22 | USCV-5 (Starliner-1)

United Launch Alliance | USA
Cape Canaveral, FL, USA
Oct. 31, 2022, midnight

Status: To Be Determined

Mission: Human Exploration

USCV-5 (US Crew Vehicle-5), also known as Starliner-1, is the first operational crewed flight of the Boeing Starliner vehicle. It will take NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Josh Cassada on what is planned as the first long duration mission of Starliner to International Space Station.

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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Axiom Space Mission 2

SpaceX | USA
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Nov. 30, 2022, midnight

Status: To Be Determined

Mission: Tourism

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.

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Falcon 9 Block 5 | PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem)

SpaceX | USA
Cape Canaveral, FL, USA
Dec. 1, 2022, midnight

Status: To Be Determined

Mission: Earth Science

PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem) is a NASA Earth observation satellite mission. It will make global ocean color measurements to provide extended data records on ocean ecology and global biogeochemistry (e.g., carbon cycle) along with polarimetry measurements to provide extended data records on clouds and aerosols.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

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Vulcan VC4L | Dream Chaser CRS 2 Flight 1

United Launch Alliance | USA
Cape Canaveral, FL, USA
Dec. 31, 2022, midnight

Status: To Be Determined

Unknown Mission

There are no mission or payload details available for this launch.

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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Nova-C IM-2

SpaceX | USA
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Dec. 31, 2022, midnight

Status: To Be Determined

Mission:

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.

Lunar Orbit

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Delta IV Heavy | NROL-68

United Launch Alliance | USA
Cape Canaveral, FL, USA
Jan. 1, 2023, midnight

Status: To Be Determined

Unknown Mission

There are no mission or payload details available for this launch.

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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Dragon CRS-2 SpX-27

SpaceX | USA
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Jan. 10, 2023, midnight

Status: To Be Determined

Mission:

27th 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.

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Vulcan | USSF-106

United Launch Alliance | USA
Cape Canaveral, FL, USA
March 31, 2023, midnight

Status: To Be Determined

Mission: Government/Top Secret

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

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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Blue Ghost Lunar Lander

SpaceX | USA
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
March 31, 2023, midnight

Status: To Be Determined

Mission: Lunar Exploration

Lunar lander developed by Firefly Aerospace. Blue Ghost will be carrying 10 payloads for NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) as well as several additional commercial payloads.

Lunar Orbit

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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Axiom Space Mission 3

SpaceX | USA
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
March 31, 2023, midnight

Status: To Be Determined

Mission: Tourism

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.

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