Florida Launch Schedule

Upcoming launches out of Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral AFB

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Optus-X

SpaceX | United States of America
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
November 17, 2024
Status: To Be Confirmed
Mission:

An unannounced geostationary communication satellite built by Northrop Grumman, nominally for the Australian telecommunications operator Optus. Details TBD.

Geostationary Transfer Orbit Unknown F9 - Maiden Flight A Shortfall of Gravitas
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Falcon 9 Block 5 | GSAT-20

SpaceX | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
November 18, 2024
Status: To Be Confirmed
Mission:

GSAT-20 is an Indian geostationary Ka-band high-throughput communications satellite. GSAT 20 is reportedly built on the I-6K unified modular bus and features a Ka-band high-throughput communications payload with 70 Gbps throughput utilizing multiple spot beams providing broadband services across the Indian region. It will be the first fully Electric Propulsion/EP enabled satellite which can be five to six times more efficient than chemical-based propulsion. It will be the first ISRO made satellite to move from Geostationary transfer orbit to Geosynchronous orbit using Electric Propulsion.

Geostationary Transfer Orbit Unknown F9 - Maiden Flight Unknown
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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-66

SpaceX | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
November 21, 2024
Status: To Be Confirmed
Mission:

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

Low Earth Orbit Unknown F9 - Maiden Flight Unknown
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Falcon 9 Block 5 | WorldView Legion 5 & 6

SpaceX | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
TBD November, 2024
Status: To Be Determined
Mission:

WorldView Legion is a constellation of Earth observation satellites built and operated by Maxar. Constellation is planned to consist of 6 satellites in both polar and mid-inclination orbits, providing 30 cm-class resolution.

Low Earth Orbit
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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Sirius SXM-9

SpaceX | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
TBD December, 2024
Status: To Be Determined
Mission:

SXM-9 is the 10th high-powered, digital, audio radio satellite built by Maxar (SSL) for SiriusXM. The SXM-9 satellite will be based on Maxar’s proven 1300-class platform and built at the company’s manufacturing facility in Palo Alto, California. It is expected that SXM-9 will launch in 2024. SXM-9 has a large, mesh, unfurlable reflector almost 10 meters in diameter that allows SiriusXM programming to reach its radios, including those in moving vehicles.

Geostationary Transfer Orbit
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Vulcan VC4S | USSF-106

United Launch Alliance | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
TBD December, 2024
Status: To Be Determined
Mission:

USSF-106 is a mission for the United States Space Force. The launch will deploy various payloads directly into geosynchronous orbit, including the NTS-3 (Navigation Technology Satellite 3), a demonstration navigation satellite testing a new digital signal generator that can be reprogrammed on-orbit to broadcast new signals, improve performance by avoiding and defeating interference, and adding signatures for detecting spoofing attacks.

Geosynchronous Orbit
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Vulcan | USSF-87

United Launch Alliance | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
TBD December, 2024
Status: To Be Determined
Mission:

Classified payload for the US Space Force

Unknown
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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Blue Ghost Lunar Lander

SpaceX | United States of America
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
TBD December, 2024
Status: To Be Determined
Mission:

Lunar lander developed by Firefly Aerospace. Blue Ghost will be carrying 10 payloads for NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) as well as several additional commercial payloads.

Lunar Orbit
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Falcon 9 Block 5 | USSF-36

SpaceX | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
TBD December, 2024
Status: To Be Determined
Mission:

Classified payload for the US Space Force.

Unknown
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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Thuraya 4-NGS

SpaceX | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
TBD December, 2024
Status: To Be Determined
Mission:

Thuraya 4-NGS is a communication satellite being built by Airbus Defense and Space for the UAE based Yahsat. Based on the all-electric Airbus Eurostar-Neo Platform, Thuraya 4-NGS will incorporate a large 12-meter L-band antenna and a payload with on-board processing providing advanced routing flexibility of up to 3200 channels with dynamic power allocation over a large number of spot beams.

Geostationary Transfer Orbit
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Falcon 9
Success
1 day, 15 hours ago
Starlink Group 6-68
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

A batch of 24 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.


Falcon 9
Success
1 day, 23 hours ago
Starlink Group 9-11
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

A batch of 20 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.


Long March 4B
Success
2 days, 6 hours ago
Haiyang 4-01
Launch Complex 9 - Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Next generation Chinese ocean salinity measurements satellite to study ocean climatic changes and its effects on ecology and biological cycles.


Falcon 9
Success
4 days, 7 hours ago
Starlink Group 6-69
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

A batch of 24 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.


Falcon 9
Success
4 days, 11 hours ago
Koreasat 6A
Launch Complex 39A - Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

The Koreasat 6A spacecraft, built by Thales Alenia Space, will have 20 transponders for fixed satellite services and six for TV broadcasting to repla…


Kinetica 1
Success
5 days ago
15 satellites
Launch Area 130 - Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Launch of 15 satellites on share-ride to SSO: * Shiyan 26 A/B/C * Jilin-1 High Resolution-05B * Jilin-1 Platform-02A-03 * Yunyao-1 31-36 * Xig…


Falcon 9
Success
6 days, 22 hours ago
Starlink Group 9-10
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

A batch of 20 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.


Long March 2
Success
1 week ago
PIESAT-2 01-04
Launch Area 4 (SLS-2 / 603) - Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

4 X-band synthetic-aperture radar Earth observation satellites for the Chinese Earth observation satellite company PIESAT.


Falcon 9
Success
1 week, 1 day ago
Starlink Group 6-77
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

A batch of 23 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.


Electron
Success
1 week, 3 days ago
Changes In Latitudes, Changes In Attitudes (Protosat-1)
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B - Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand

Launch of a yet to identified satellite to SSO for an undisclosed customer. The customer is highly likely to be Low Earth Orbit communication satelli…