A once-thought-impossible 101 orbital rockets launched through November’s end from Florida’s Space Coast, breezing past the former annual record of 93 launches.
How far past that 100-launch milestone will the final total reach by the end of 2025 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and NASA’s Kennedy Space Center?
Stay tuned. The Cape’s December launch schedule features the usual heavy dose of SpaceX Starlink internet satellite missions. Coming up: SpaceX’s NROL-77 national security mission and a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket on an Amazon Leo mission.
Following are the latest missions coming up from the Cape. All launches are listed in Eastern Standard Time. But be aware: Dates and times routinely change for a wide variety of reasons.
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- Mission: A SpaceX Falcon 9 will launch the next batch of 29 Starlink internet satellites into low-Earth orbit.
- Launch: 3:16 p.m.
- Trajectory: Southeast.
- Location: Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
- Sonic booms: No.
- Live coverage: Starts 90 minutes before liftoff at floridatoday.com/space.
Sunday, December 7: SpaceX Starlink 6-92
- Mission: A SpaceX Falcon 9 will launch 29 Starlink internet satellites into low-Earth orbit.
- Launch window: 4:40 p.m. to 8:40 p.m.
- Trajectory: Southeast.
- Location: Pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center.
- Sonic booms: No.
- Live coverage: Starts 90 minutes before liftoff at floridatoday.com/space.
Tuesday, December 9: SpaceX NROL-77
- Mission: A SpaceX Falcon 9 will launch a national security mission for the Space Force’s Space Systems Command and the National Reconnaissance Office.
- Launch: 2:16 p.m.
- Trajectory: TBA.
- Location: Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
- Sonic booms: Yes.
- Live coverage: Starts 90 minutes before liftoff at floridatoday.com/space.
- Mission: A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket will lift the next batch of Amazon Leo (formerly Project Kuiper) broadband satellites into low-Earth orbit.
- Launch window: Opens at 3:35 a.m.
- Trajectory: TBA.
- Location: Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
- Sonic booms: No.
- Live FLORIDA TODAY Space Team coverage: Starts 90 minutes before liftoff at floridatoday.com/space.
No later than April: NASA Artemis II
- Mission: Four NASA astronauts will venture around the moon during a 10-day flight to help pave the way for future human lunar exploration missions.
- Launch window: TBA.
- Trajectory: TBA.
- Location: NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Pad 39B.
- Sonic booms: No.
- Live FLORIDA TODAY Space Team coverage: Starts hours before liftoff at floridatoday.com/space.
No earlier than April: NASA Boeing Starliner-1
- Mission: An uncrewed Boeing Starliner will deliver cargo to the International Space Station and undergo in-flight validation of a series of system upgrades.
- Launch window: TBA.
- Trajectory: TBA.
- Location: TBA.
- Sonic booms: TBA.
- Live FLORIDA TODAY Space Team coverage: Starts two hours before liftoff at floridatoday.com/space.
Fourth quarter 2026: ULA Sierra Space Dream Chaser
- Mission: Sierra Space will launch its uncrewed Dream Chaser space plane atop a ULA Vulcan rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
- Launch window: TBA.
- Location: Launch Complex 41.
- Live FLORIDA TODAY Space Team coverage: Starts two hours minutes before liftoff at floridatoday.com/space.
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