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Brevard Space Coast Launch Site, SpaceX ULA NASA rocket
Let’s take a quick look at which rockets are launched from the various Brevard Launch Sites.
Florida’s Space Coast, home to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, hosted a record-breaking 72 orbital launches last year.
Officials expect the number of launches to approach 100 this year, led by SpaceX. The launch of the company’s Starlink Internet satellite constellation will account for the bulk of that total.
Below are the latest missions arriving from the Cape. All launches are shown in Eastern Standard Time. Please note: Dates and times can change periodically for various reasons.
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SpaceX has not yet publicly announced the mission, but a National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency navigation alert suggests the rocket’s launch window will open Sunday night. detail:
- Mission: SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket will launch a series of Starlink internet satellites.
- Launch window: 6:04pm – 10:35pm
- Orbit: Southeast.
- Local sonic boom: no.
- Booster landing: A drone ship floating in the Atlantic Ocean.
- live broadcast: Begins at floridatoday.com/space 90 minutes before launch.
- Mission: NASA, Northrop Grumman, and SpaceX will partner on an International Space Station resupply mission using the Falcon 9 rocket and Cygnus spacecraft.
- launch: 12:30pm
- position: Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
- live broadcast: Begins at floridatoday.com/space 90 minutes before launch.
Tuesday, February 6th: NASA PACE spacecraft
- Mission: NASA’s PACE Observatory (an acronym for Plankton, Aerosols, Clouds, and Marine Ecosystems) was launched on a Space It will collect “vast amounts of data” on composition, movement and interactions. Every 2 days.
- Launch window: to be decided.
- position: Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
- live broadcast: It begins at floridatoday.com/space 90 minutes before launch.
Mid-February: NASA-SpaceX Crew-8 mission
- Mission: The eighth rotational mission by NASA’s SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon Endeavor spacecraft will carry astronauts to the International Space Station for a scientific expedition.
- Launch window: to be decided.
- position: Kennedy Space Center.
- live broadcast: Begins at floridatoday.com/space two hours before launch.