Florida’s Space Coast hosted a record-shattering 109 orbital rocket launches during 2025, soaring beyond all previous annual records.
Though this year’s pace is falling short of unprecedented cadence from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, 43 rockets still took flight from the Sunshine State through the end of June. For comparison’s sake, 31 launches occurred during all of 2021 — which tied Florida’s short-lived annual record just five years ago.
The Cape’s July launch schedule should feature the usual heavy diet of SpaceX’s workhorse Falcon 9 rockets. Blue Origin’s massive New Glenn rocket explosion knocked that company’s launches off the Eastern Range manifest for the foreseeable future, but space fans are looking ahead to August when a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket will launch NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope.
Following are the latest missions coming up from the Cape. All launches are listed in Eastern Daylight Time. But be aware: Dates and times routinely change for a wide variety of reasons.
FLORIDA TODAY’s Space Team provides live blog coverage of each launch at floridatoday.com/space, starting at least 90 minutes before liftoff. For questions or comments, email Space Reporter Rick Neale at Rneale@floridatoday.com.
Thursday, July 9: SpaceX Starlink 10-42
TBA: SpaceX Globalstar 2-R Launch 1
Sunday, Aug. 30: NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
TBA: Blue Origin Blue Moon Pathfinder
TBA: NASA’s Boeing Starliner-1
Fourth quarter 2026: ULA Sierra Space Dream Chaser
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Reporting by Rick Neale and Brooke Edwards, Florida Today / Florida Today
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