Rocket launch schedule: Upcoming Florida launches and landings
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The latest rocket launch schedule for Florida's Space Coast, which includes Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. All times Eastern.
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March 22: Relativity Space “Good Luck, Have Fun”
Company / Agency: Internal Relativity Space mission
Rocket: Terran 1
Location: Launch Complex 16 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station
Launch Window: 10:00 p.m. Wednesday to 1:00 a.m. EDT Thursday
Trajectory: East
Weather: 90% "go"
Landing: None; Terran 1 is expendable
Live coverage: Starts 90 minutes before liftoff at floridatoday.com/space
About: Relativity Space will attempt the first orbital launch of its 110-foot, 3D-printed Terran 1 rocket. The inaugural demonstration mission known as "Good Luck, Have Fun" will not feature any customer payloads. The Terran 1 rocket is the largest 3D-printed object to attempt orbital flight.
Notes:
Scrubbed Wednesday, March 8, due to technical issues during the countdown.
Scrubbed Saturday, March 11, due to technical issues at the end of the launch window.
March 24: SpaceX Starlink 5-5
Company / Agency: Internal SpaceX mission
Rocket: SpaceX Falcon 9
Location: Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station
Launch Window: 11:23 a.m. to 3:53 p.m. EDT
Trajectory: TBD
Weather: 95% "go"
Landing: Drone ship
Live coverage: Starts 90 minutes before liftoff at floridatoday.com/space
About: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the company's latest batch of Starlink internet satellites from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and land the Falcon 9 first-stage booster on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean.
April 20: ULA NROL-68
Company / Agency: United Launch Alliance for the National Reconnaissance Office
Rocket: Delta IV Heavy
Location: Launch Complex 37 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station
Launch Window: TBD
Trajectory: East
Weather: TBD
Landing: None
Live coverage: Starts 90 minutes before liftoff at floridatoday.com/space
About: A three-core United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket will launch a classified payload for the National Reconnaissance Office no earlier than April 20. This will be the second-to-last flight for Delta IV Heavy before its retirement.
Mid-to-late April: NASA's Boeing Crew Flight Test
Company / Agency: Boeing for NASA
Rocket: United Launch Alliance Atlas V
Location: Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station
Launch Time: TBD
Trajectory: Northeast
Weather: TBD
Landing: None; Atlas V is expendable
Live coverage: Starts 90 minutes before liftoff at floridatoday.com/space
About: The first crewed flight of Boeing's Starliner spacecraft remains set for later this spring, though a target launch date has yet to be determined. The mission, known as CFT-1, will include astronauts Sunita "Suni" Williams and Barry "Butch" Wilmore.
May 4: ULA Vulcan Centaur inaugural flight
Company / Agency: United Launch Alliance
Rocket: ULA Vulcan Centaur
Location: Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station
Launch Time: TBD
Trajectory: Northeast
Weather: TBD
Landing: None; Vulcan is expendable
Live coverage: Starts 90 minutes before liftoff at floridatoday.com/space
About: ULA's new Vulcan Centaur rocket, which will replace Atlas V to become the only vehicle in its fleet, will fly its inaugural mission from Cape Canaveral with Astrobotic's Peregrine lunar lander. The lander, selected by NASA to help advance research ahead of putting two astronauts on the surface sometime before 2030, is expected to touch down on the northern part of the moon.
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