Florida Launch Schedule

Upcoming launches out of Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral AFB

Falcon 9 Block 5 | SDA Tranche 2 Tracking Layer C

SpaceX | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
TBD June, 2027
Status: To Be Determined
Mission:

Classified mission launched by the Space Development Agency (SDA) for Tranche 2 Tracking Layer.

Polar Orbit
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Vulcan | USSF-95

United Launch Alliance | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
TBD June, 2027
Status: To Be Determined
Mission:

First satellite of a medium Earth orbit missile-warning and missile-tracking constellation.

Medium Earth Orbit
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Falcon 9 Block 5 | SDA Tranche 2 Transport Layer J

SpaceX | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
TBD June, 2027
Status: To Be Determined
Mission:

Classified mission launched by the Space Development Agency (SDA) for Tranche 2 Transport Layer.

Polar Orbit
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Vulcan VC4S | NROL-88

United Launch Alliance | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
TBD June, 2027
Status: To Be Determined
Mission:

Classified payload for the US National Reconnaissance Office

Unknown
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Starship | Superbird-9

SpaceX | United States of America
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
TBD June, 2027
Status: To Be Determined
Mission:

Superbird-9 is a high throughput communication satellite. It is designed to deliver broadcast and broadband missions in Ku band primarily over Japan and Eastern Asia, in response to mobility and broadband demands.

Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit
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Vulcan VC2S | GPS IIIF SV04 (USSF-88)

United Launch Alliance | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
TBD June, 2027
Status: To Be Determined
Mission:

Fourth Block IIIF GPS satellite

Medium Earth Orbit
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Falcon Heavy | WGS-12 (USSF-206)

SpaceX | United States of America
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
TBD June, 2027
Status: To Be Determined
Mission:

Twelfth Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) encrypted military communication satellite

Geostationary Transfer Orbit
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Falcon Heavy | NROL-86

SpaceX | United States of America
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
TBD June, 2027
Status: To Be Determined
Mission:

Classified payload for the US National Reconnaissance Office

Unknown
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Falcon Heavy | USSF-155

SpaceX | United States of America
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
TBD June, 2027
Status: To Be Determined
Mission:

Classified payload for the US Space Force.

Unknown
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Falcon 9 Block 5 | COSI (Compton Spectrometer and Imager)

SpaceX | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
TBD August, 2027
Status: To Be Determined
Mission:

Wide-field gamma-ray telescope designed to study energetic phenomena in the Milky Way and beyond, including the creation and destruction of matter and antimatter and the final stages of the lives of stars. The mission is a collaboration between the University of California, Berkeley’s Space Sciences Laboratory, the University of California, San Diego, the Naval Research Laboratory, NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, and Northrop Grumman.

Low Earth Orbit
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Falcon 9
Success
9 hours, 20 minutes ago
Starlink Group 17-24
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

A batch of 25 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.


Kuaizhou 11
Success
1 day, 10 hours ago
8 satellites
Launch Area 95A - Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Ride-share launch of 8 satellites to sun-synchronous orbit. Details TBD.


Long March 6A
Success
2 days, 1 hour ago
Yaogan 50-02
Launch Complex 9A - Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

The Yaogan 50-02 is a Chinese military “remote sensing” satellite of unknown purposes.


Falcon 9
Success
3 days, 2 hours ago
Starlink Group 10-48
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

A batch of 29 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.


Falcon 9
Success
3 days, 23 hours ago
Starlink Group 17-31
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

A batch of 25 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.


Long March 2D
Success
4 days, 16 hours ago
Shiyan 30 03-04
Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1) - Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

A pair of Chinese satellites reported to be for "Earth observation technological testing and validation" purposes. Actual usage not known.


Long March 8A
Success
4 days, 18 hours ago
SatNet LEO Group 20
Commercial LC-1 - Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China

A batch of 9 Low Earth Orbit communication satellites for the Chinese state owned SatNet constellation operated by the China Satellite Network Group.…


Firefly Alpha
Success
5 days, 13 hours ago
Stairway to Seven
Space Launch Complex 2W - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

Firefly Alpha's Flight 7 is a test flight and return-To-Flight for the launch vehicle after its April 2025 launch failure. It will test and validate …


Falcon 9
Success
1 week ago
EchoStar 25
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

EchoStar 25 is a direct broadcast satellite, built on the proven Maxar 1300 series platform, which will deliver content across North America. It will…


Falcon 9
Success
1 week, 2 days ago
Starlink Group 17-18
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

A batch of 25 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.