Florida’s Space Coast hosted a record-shattering 109 orbital rocket launches during 2025, soaring beyond all previous annual records.
Will this year’s final total surpass that lofty sum from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and NASA’s Kennedy Space Center? By February’s end, 14 rockets had taken flight from the Sunshine State.
Looking ahead, the Cape’s March launch schedule kicks off with the usual heavy diet of SpaceX Starlink satellite missions — with space fans eagerly anticipating NASA’s Artemis II crewed moon mission and Blue Origin’s next New Glenn rocket launch.
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.
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.
Cape Canaveral: Here’s the list of all 2026 rocket launches from Cape Canaveral, Florida
Sunday, March 1: SpaceX Starlink 10-41
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Mission: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch 29 Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit.
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Location: Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
Wednesday, March 4: SpaceX Starlink 10-40
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Mission: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch 29 Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit.
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Launch window: 1:58 a.m. to 5:58 a.m.
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Location: Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
No earlier than March: Blue Origin New Glenn-3
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Mission: A Blue Origin New Glenn rocket will launch AST SpaceMobile’s next-generation Block 2 BlueBird satellite to low Earth orbit. It will be Blue Origin’s third launch from Cape Canaveral.
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Location: Launch Complex 36 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
No earlier than April 1: NASA Artemis II
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Mission: Four NASA astronauts will venture around the moon during a 10-day flight to help pave the way for future human lunar exploration missions.
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Location: NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Pad 39B.
First half of 2026: Blue Origin Blue Moon Pathfinder
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Mission: A Blue Origin New Glenn rocket will launch a Blue Moon lunar lander carrying NASA payloads on a demonstration mission.
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Location: Launch Complex 36 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
No earlier than April: NASA Boeing Starliner-1
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Mission: An uncrewed Boeing Starliner will deliver cargo to the International Space Station and undergo in-flight validation of a series of system upgrades.
Fourth quarter 2026: ULA Sierra Space Dream Chaser
An artist’s rendering of Sierra Space’s Dream Chaser uncrewed space plane.
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Mission: Sierra Space will launch its uncrewed Dream Chaser space plane atop a ULA Vulcan rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
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Location: Launch Complex 41.
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