Florida Launch Schedule

Upcoming launches out of Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral AFB

Atlas V N22 | Starliner-1

United Launch Alliance | USA
Cape Canaveral, FL, USA
TBD January, 2024
Status: To Be Determined
Mission: Human Exploration

Starliner-1 is the first crewed operational flight of a Starliner spacecraft to the International Space Station as part of NASA's Commercial Crew Program.

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

SpaceX | USA
Cape Canaveral, FL, USA
TBD January, 2024
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 | USSF-106

United Launch Alliance | USA
Cape Canaveral, FL, USA
TBD January, 2024
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 | MRV-1

SpaceX | USA
Cape Canaveral, FL, USA
TBD April, 2024
Status: To Be Determined
Mission:

The SpaceLogistics MRV-1 is a mission extension payload including a mission robotic vehicle (MRV) and multiple mission extension pods (MEPs).

Geostationary Transfer Orbit
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Falcon Heavy | GOES-U

SpaceX | USA
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
TBD April, 2024
Status: To Be Determined
Mission:

The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-S Series (GOES-S) is the second of the next generation of geostationary weather satellites. The four satellites of the series will provide advanced imaging with increased spatial resolution and faster coverage for more accurate forecasts, real-time mapping of lightning activity, and improved monitoring of solar activity.

Geostationary Transfer Orbit
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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Cygnus CRS-2 NG-21

SpaceX | USA
Cape Canaveral, FL, USA
TBD April, 2024
Status: To Be Determined
Mission:

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.

Low Earth Orbit
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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Dragon CRS-2 SpX-30

SpaceX | USA
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
TBD June, 2024
Status: To Be Determined
Mission:

30th 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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Atlas V 551 | Project Kuiper (Atlas V #4)

United Launch Alliance | USA
Cape Canaveral, FL, USA
TBD June, 2024
Status: To Be Determined
Mission:

Project Kuiper is a mega constellation of satellites in Low Earth Orbit that will offer broadband internet access, this constellation will be managed by Kuiper Systems LLC, a subsidiary of Amazon. This constellation is planned to be composed of 3,276 satellites. The satellites are projected to be placed in 98 orbital planes in three orbital layers, one at 590 km, 610 km and 630 km altitude.

Low Earth Orbit
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Atlas V 551 | Project Kuiper (Atlas V #7)

United Launch Alliance | USA
Cape Canaveral, FL, USA
TBD June, 2024
Status: To Be Determined
Mission:

Project Kuiper is a mega constellation of satellites in Low Earth Orbit that will offer broadband internet access, this constellation will be managed by Kuiper Systems LLC, a subsidiary of Amazon. This constellation is planned to be composed of 3,276 satellites. The satellites are projected to be placed in 98 orbital planes in three orbital layers, one at 590 km, 610 km and 630 km altitude.

Low Earth Orbit
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Atlas V 551 | Project Kuiper (Atlas V #2)

United Launch Alliance | USA
Cape Canaveral, FL, USA
TBD June, 2024
Status: To Be Determined
Mission:

Project Kuiper is a mega constellation of satellites in Low Earth Orbit that will offer broadband internet access, this constellation will be managed by Kuiper Systems LLC, a subsidiary of Amazon. This constellation is planned to be composed of 3,276 satellites. The satellites are projected to be placed in 98 orbital planes in three orbital layers, one at 590 km, 610 km and 630 km altitude.

Low Earth Orbit
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Falcon 9
Success
2 days, 22 hours ago
SES-18 & SES-19
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral, FL, USA

SES-18 & SES-19 are two communications satellites built by Northrop Grumman.


Falcon 9
Success
3 days, 2 hours ago
Starlink Group 2-8
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

A batch of 52 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.


Long March 3
Success
3 days, 13 hours ago
Gaofen 13-02
Launch Complex 2 (LC-2) - Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Gaofen is a series of civilian Earth observation satellites developed and launched for the China High-definition Earth Observation System (CHEOS), a …


Electron
Success
3 days, 23 hours ago
Stronger Together
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 2 (Launch Area 0 C) - Wallops Island, Virginia, USA

Payload consists of 2 Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellites for Capella Space. These 100-kg class satellites will expand Capella’s existing SA…


Long March 11
Success
5 days, 10 hours ago
Shiyan 19
Unknown Pad - Jiuquan, People's Republic of China

Chinese Earth observation satellite of unknown purposes.


Falcon 9
Success
5 days, 21 hours ago
Dragon CRS-2 SpX-27
Launch Complex 39A - Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

27th commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station operated by SpaceX. The flight will be conducted under the second Commer…


Long March 2
Success
1 week ago
Horus 2
Launch Area 4 (SLS-2 / 603) - Jiuquan, People's Republic of China

Horus 2 is a remote sensing satellite for the Egyptian Space Agency developed by Aerospace Dongfanghong Satellite Co., Ltd. of CAST.


Proton-M Briz-M
Success
1 week ago
Olymp-K #2 (Luch 5X)
200/39 (200L) - Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

Secretive payload, reportedly known as Olymp-K or Luch, is a geostationary satellite built and launched for the Russian Ministry of defence and the R…


Long March 4C
Success
1 week, 3 days ago
Tianhui-6 A/B
Launch Complex 9 - Taiyuan, People's Republic of China

Described as satellites for cartography purposes, details TBD.


Falcon 9
Success
1 week, 4 days ago
OneWeb 17
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral, FL, USA

A batch of 40 satellites for the OneWeb satellite constellation, which is intended to provide global Internet broadband service for individual consum…