Florida’s Space Coast hosted a record-shattering 109 orbital rocket launches during 2025, soaring beyond all previous annual records. And as of Monday, May 4, there have already been 32 Florida rocket launches in 2026.
April was a historic month for rocket launches, starting with NASA’s Artemis II lunar mission that launched from the Kennedy Space Center and carried four astronauts farther than any human has been in space for a flyby around the moon.
Later in the month, the United Launch Alliance launched its’ Atlas V rocket. Both of those launches were seen far beyond the Space Coast, with the ULA launch being spotted in other states.
April also featured a SpaceX Falcon Heavy launch that brought two sonic booms throughout Brevard County and Blue Origin’s third-ever New Glenn heavy-lift rocket launch.
Florida’s May launch schedule will likely feature the usual heavy diet of SpaceX Starlink satellite liftoffs.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is also expected to launch a Dragon spacecraft packed with supplies and equipment on a NASA resupply trip to the International Space Station on May 12. But there are no rocket launches on the schedule for the first week of the month.
Depending on the weather, cloud cover and trajectory, a rocket launch from Florida’s Space Coast is sometimes visible as far north as Jacksonville Beach and as far south as West Palm Beach. In some cases, rockets that launched from Florida were spotted in other states.
Here’s the rocket launch schedule for the week of May 4, when the next rocket launch will be, where rocket launches are visible in Florida and how to watch NASA content with Amazon Prime Video.
Is there a rocket launch today? See Florida’s current rocket launch schedule
No scheduled Florida rocket launches are coming up for the week of May 4. Below is a list of rocket launches that are expected later in the month.
Please note that this article may be updated frequently because launch dates and times routinely change for a wide variety of reasons.
Tuesday, May 12, NASA’s SpaceX CRS-34
Friday, May 22, ULA Amazon Leo 7
Where does SpaceX launch from in Florida?
Rockets in Florida launch from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center near Merritt Island, or Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, and people in and around Brevard County usually have the best chance at seeing a rocket light up the sky.
Where can I watch a rocket launch in Florida?
A rocket launch with a Northeast trajectory can be visible as far north as Jacksonville Beach, Florida, which is about 160 miles north of Cape Canaveral (about a two-hour and 30-minute car ride, depending on which route you take).
Rocket launches with a Southeast trajectory can be seen as far south as West Palm Beach, Florida, which is about 150 miles south of Cape Canaveral (about a two-hour-and-20-minute car ride).
Rocket launches are most visible from the Space Coast, where they launch from, and are often visible from the Treasure Coast and Volusia County as well.
Watch some rocket launches with NASA+ on Prime Video
Watch NASA+ content with Amazon Prime Video
NASA content, including some rocket launches, is available to watch through NASA+ on desktop, both from its official site and YouTube. The platform is also available to download as a mobile app on smartphones.
All NASA+ content is also available to those who have Prime Video downloaded on any of their devices – whether it be a smartphone or smart TV.
The content, which does not require a Prime subscription to view, is one of Prime Video’s FAST channels (free ad-supported television). Viewers can find it under Prime’s Live TV section at the top of the screen when they open the app.
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Reporting by Lianna Norman, Jennifer Sangalang, Rick Neale, Brooke Edwards and Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY NETWORK – Florida / Florida Today
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