Space Coast Launches
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Date Mission Site Launch Window
June 28/29 Falcon 9 • SXM-11 SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida Window opens at 10:25 p.m. EDT (0225 UTC)
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the latest geostationary satellite for satellite radio company, SiriusXM. The SXM-11 satellite was built by Lanteris Space Systems (formerly Maxar Space Systems), a subsidiary of Intuitive Machines, on its 1300-class platform. The first stage booster, tail number B1085, launching for a 17th time, will land on the droneship, ‘A Shortfall of Gravitas,’ positioned in the Atlantic Ocean following stage separation. Updated: June 23
NET July 2 Atlas 5 • Leo Atlas 08 SLC-41, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida Window opens at 12:24 a.m. EDT (0424 UTC)
A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket will launch a batch of 29 Amazon Leo satellites into low Earth orbit. This is the ninth and final Atlas 5 rocket that the tech giant booked to launch its broadband internet satellites. Moved up from July 3. Updated: June 18
July 3 Falcon 9 • Starlink 10-50 SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida Window opens at 7:20 a.m. EDT (1120 UTC)
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch 29 Starlink V2 Mini Optimized satellites into low Earth orbit. The first stage booster, tail number 1090, launching for a 13th time, will land on the drone ship, ‘A Shortfall of Gravitas,’ positioned in the Atlantic Ocean. Updated: June 23
TBD Falcon 9 • Globalstar 2-R Launch 1 SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida TBD
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch nine of its HIBLEO-4 satellites into low Earth orbit. This is the first of two launches that constitute a replenishment of its HIBLEO-4 fleet. Nearly 8.5 minutes after liftoff, the Falcon 9 first stage booster, tail number B1090, launching for a 12th time, will target a landing on the drone ship, ‘A Shortfall of Gravitas’, positioned in the Atlantic Ocean. Delayed from May 18. Delayed from May 20. Updated: June 17
NET Q4 2026 Vulcan Centaur • Dream Chaser 1 SLC-41, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida TBD
A United Launch Alliance Vulcan Centaur rocket will launch on its second demonstration flight with Sierra Space’s Dream Chaser cargo vehicle for the International Space Station. The Dream Chaser is a lifting body resupply spacecraft that will launch on top of a rocket and land on a runway. This will be the Dream Chaser’s first flight to space. The Vulcan Centaur rocket will fly in the VC4L configuration with four GEM-63XL solid rocket boosters, a long-length payload fairing, and two RL10 engines on the Centaur upper stage. Delayed from August 2022, December 2023, January 2024,  April 2024 and September 2024. Delayed from 2025. Updated: December 22
TBD Atlas 5 • Boeing Starliner-1 SLC-41, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida TBD
A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket will launch Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft to the International Space Station. Originally planned as the first post-certification flight with a four-person crew, this will instead be an uncrewed cargo flight to test changes to the vehicle made in the aftermath of the Crewed Flight Test that launched in 2024. Updated: April 09
NET July 5, 2028 Falcon Heavy • Dragonfly Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida TBD
A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket will launch NASA’s Dragonfly mission, which consists of a rotorcraft designed by the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) that will explore Saturn’s icy moon, Titan. The mission was originally selected in 2019 and went through multiple plan iterations across fiscal years 2020 through 2022. It passed its Preliminary Design Review in March 2023 and then its Critical Design Review in April 2025. The mission has a total lifecycle cost of $3.35 billion, of which, $256.6 million was awarded to SpaceX to provide launch services and other mission related costs. The 20-day launch window opens on July 5, 2028. Updated: April 25