Is there a launch today? Upcoming SpaceX, Axiom, ULA rocket launch schedule at Cape Canaveral
During the first five months of the year, 46 orbital rockets lifted off from Florida's Space Coast. In terms of cadence, that sum clocked in more than two weeks earlier than last year's unprecedented pace that set a new record of 93 annual launches.
Space Force officials now project this year's final total may reach 107 launches from NASA's Kennedy Space Center and neighboring Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Will a new record materialize? Stay tuned.
The June launch schedule features a variety of SpaceX Starlink missions, the SpaceX-Axiom Space Ax-4 crewed launch and United Launch Alliance's second Project Kuiper liftoff for Amazon.
Up ahead in the near future: NASA's SpaceX Crew-11 mission, ULA's USSF-106 national security mission and Blue Origin's next New Glenn rocket liftoff.
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.
For the latest mission updates and space news, visit floridatoday.com/space. For questions or comments, email FLORIDA TODAY Space Reporter Rick Neale at [email protected].
Tuesday, June 10: SpaceX-Axiom Space Ax-4

Axiom's next crew of astronauts is set to travel to the International Space Station this spring. Former NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson will command the mission.
- Mission: Axiom Space’s fourth private astronaut mission to the International Space Station will launch aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft from NASA's Kennedy Space Center.
- Launch: 8:22 a.m.
- Location: Pad 39A.
- Sonic booms: Yes.
- Live FLORIDA TODAY Space Team coverage: Starts two hours before liftoff at floridatoday.com/space.
Tuesday, June 10: SpaceX Starlink 12-24
- Mission: SpaceX will launch another batch of broadband satellites for the ever-expanding Starlink constellation in low-Earth orbit, a Federal Aviation Administration operations plan advisory shows.
- Launch: 9:03 a.m. to 1:34 p.m.
- Location: Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
- Sonic booms: No.
- Trajectory: Southeast.
- Live FLORIDA TODAY Space Team coverage: Starts 90 minutes before liftoff at floridatoday.com/space.
Friday, June 13: ULA Project Kuiper 2
- Mission: United Launch Alliance will launch an Atlas V rocket carrying Amazon's second batch of broadband satellites for its Project Kuiper constellation.
- Launch: 2:29 p.m.
- Location: Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
- Sonic booms: No.
- Trajectory: TBA.
- Live FLORIDA TODAY Space Team coverage: Starts 90 minutes before liftoff at floridatoday.com/space.
No earlier than late July: NASA's SpaceX Crew-11

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 members stand inside the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. From left are Mission Specialist Kimiya Yui from JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency), Commander NASA astronaut Zena Cardman, Mission Specialist Oleg Platonov of Roscosmos, and Pilot NASA astronaut Mike Fincke.
- Mission: NASA and SpaceX will team up to send four crew members for a long-duration stay aboard the International Space Station.
- Launch: TBA.
- Location: TBA.
- Live FLORIDA TODAY Space Team coverage: Starts two hours before liftoff at floridatoday.com/space.
TBA: United Launch Alliance USSF-106

On Oct. 21, United Launch Alliance officials released this photo of crews stacking a Vulcan rocket for the USSF-106 mission at Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station
- Mission: Equipped with four solid rocket boosters, ULA's third Vulcan rocket will take flight on the Space Force's USSF-106 national security mission into geosynchronous orbit more than 22,000 miles above Earth.
- Launch: TBA.
- Location: Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
- Sonic booms: No.
- Live FLORIDA TODAY Space Team coverage: Starts two hours before liftoff at floridatoday.com/space.
TBA: Blue Origin NASA ESCAPADE
- Mission: Blue Origin will launch its powerhouse New Glenn rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. This first launch will send NASA's ESCAPADE mission to Mars.
- Launch window: TBA.
- Location: Launch Complex 36.
- Live FLORIDA TODAY Space Team coverage: Starts 90 minutes before liftoff at floridatoday.com/space.
Fall: Sierra Space Dream Chaser

An artist's rendering of Sierra Space's Dream Chaser uncrewed space plane.
- 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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