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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June 4: SpaceX Starlink 6-4
Company / Agency: Internal mission for SpaceX
Rocket: SpaceX Falcon 9
Location: Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station
Launch Time: 5:56 a.m. EDT; additional opportunities at 6:46 and 7:36 a.m. EDT
Trajectory: Southeast
Weather: 50% "go"
Landing: Drone ship
Live coverage: Starts 90 minutes before liftoff at floridatoday.com/space
About: SpaceX will launch the latest batch of Starlink internet satellites from Cape Canaveral's Launch Complex 40. The company has launched more than 4,500 of the flat-packed satellites so far.
June 4: SpaceX CRS-28
Company / Agency: SpaceX for NASA
Rocket: SpaceX Falcon 9
Location: Pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center
Launch Time: 12:12 p.m. EDT
Trajectory: Northeast
Weather: 40% "go"
Landing: Drone ship
Live coverage: Starts 90 minutes before liftoff at floridatoday.com/space
About: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch SpaceX’s 28th commercial resupply mission for NASA to the International Space Station. A Dragon cargo capsule will be packed with new science investigations, food, supplies, equipment, and the next pair of International Space Station Roll Out Solar Arrays.
NET June 21: 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. This will be the second-to-last flight for Delta IV Heavy before its retirement.
Summer TBD: 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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