Is there a launch today? Upcoming NASA, SpaceX, ULA rocket launch schedule at Cape Canaveral
Will a new launch record materialize at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and NASA's neighboring Kennedy Space Center? Stay tuned.
The Cape's August launch schedule kicks off with NASA's SpaceX Crew-11 mission, with space fans anticipating target dates for United Launch Alliance'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 Rneale@floridatoday.com.
Cape Canaveral: Rocket launches in Florida: Here's an updating list of all 2025 missions from Cape Canaveral
Thursday, August 7: Amazon Kuiper KF-02
Mission: SpaceX will launch the next batch of satellites for Amazon's Project Kupier satellite internet constellation. This is the second launch of the satellies on a SpaceX rocket.
Launch: 10:01 a.m. to 10:28 a.m.
Location: Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station
Sonic booms: No.
Live FLORIDA TODAY Space Team coverage: Starts 90 minutes before liftoff at floridatoday.com/space.
Sunday, August 10: SpaceX Starlink 10-20
Mission: A SpaceX Falcon 9 will launch the next batch of Starlink internet satellites into low-Earth orbit.
Launch window: 8:16 a.m. to 12:16 p.m.
Trajectory: Northeast.
Location: Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
Live coverage: Starts 90 minutes before liftoff at floridatoday.com/space.
Wednesday, August 13: SpaceX Starlink 10-11
Mission: A SpaceX Falcon 9 will launch the next batch of Starlink internet satellites into low-Earth orbit.
Launch window: 8:41 a.m. to 12:41 p.m.
Trajectory: Northeast.
Location: Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
Live coverage: Starts 90 minutes before liftoff at floridatoday.com/space.
Thursday, Aug. 21: USSF-36 (OTV-8)
Mission: A SpaceX Falcon 9 will launch the eight flight of the Space Force's Boeing-built X-37B space plane.
Launch window: TBA.
Trajectory: TBA.
Location: NASA's Kennedy Space Center Pad 39A.
Live coverage: Starts 90 minutes before liftoff at floridatoday.com/space.
Thursday, Aug. 21: NASA-SpaceX CRS-33
Mission: NASA and SpaceX will team up to launch a Dragon spacecraft packed with science investigations, supplies and equipment to the International Space Station.
Launch: TBA.
Location: Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
Sonic booms: TBA.
Live FLORIDA TODAY Space Team coverage: Starts two hours before liftoff at floridatoday.com/space.
TBA: United Launch Alliance USSF-106
Mission: Equipped with four solid rocket boosters, ULA's third Vulcan rocket will launch two U.S. national security satellites 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: NASA's Blue Origin ESCAPADE
Mission: Blue Origin will launch its second powerhouse New Glenn rocket on the NG-2 mission, sending NASA's twin ESCAPADE spacecraft en route to study the Martian magnetosphere.
Launch window: TBA.
Location: Launch Complex 36 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: 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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