A Record-Breaking Start to 2025 for Florida’s Space Coast
The first half of 2025 has already seen an impressive number of rocket launches from Florida’s Space Coast, with 56 orbital rockets taking flight. This pace is expected to surpass the previous annual record of 93 launches set in 2024, provided the momentum continues through the end of the year. The question now is whether a new launch record will be set at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and NASA’s neighboring Kennedy Space Center. Stay tuned for updates as the space industry continues its rapid development.
Upcoming Missions on the Cape’s July Launch Schedule
July brings a variety of missions to the Space Coast, with several high-profile launches expected. Space enthusiasts are eagerly awaiting details on the upcoming NASA SpaceX Crew-11 mission, United Launch Alliance’s USSF-106 national security mission, and Blue Origin’s next New Glenn rocket launch.
Here’s a look at some of the key missions scheduled for the coming weeks:
Monday, July 21: SpaceX SES O3B mPOWER 9 and 10
- Mission: SpaceX will launch a Falcon 9 rocket carrying the ninth and 10th O3B mPOWER satellites built by Boeing into medium-Earth orbit.
- Launch Window: 5:12 p.m. to 7:12 p.m.
- Location: Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
- Trajectory: Due east.
- Sonic Booms: None expected.
- Live Coverage: Starts 90 minutes before liftoff at /space.
Thursday, July 24: SpaceX Starlink 10-26
- Mission: SpaceX will deploy a batch of Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit, as noted in a National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency navigational advisory.
- Launch Window: 5:12 a.m. to 9:54 a.m.
- Location: Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
- Trajectory: Southeast.
- Sonic Booms: No.
- Live Coverage: Starts 90 minutes before liftoff at /space.
Thursday, July 31: NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11
- Mission: NASA and SpaceX will send astronauts Zena Cardman, Mike Fincke, Kimiya Yui, and Oleg Platonov aboard the International Space Station using a Falcon 9 rocket.
- Launch Time: 12:09 p.m.
- Location: Pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center.
- Sonic Booms: To be determined.
- Live Coverage: Starts two hours before liftoff at /space.
Other Notable Launches
No Earlier Than August 15: NASA’s Blue Origin ESCAPADE
- Mission: Blue Origin will launch its second New Glenn rocket on the NG-2 mission, sending NASA’s twin ESCAPADE spacecraft to study the Martian magnetosphere.
- Launch Window: TBA.
- Location: Launch Complex 36 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
- Live Coverage: Starts two hours before liftoff at /space.
TBA: United Launch Alliance USSF-106
- Mission: ULA’s third Vulcan rocket, equipped with four solid rocket boosters, will carry two U.S. national security satellites into geosynchronous orbit.
- Launch Time: TBA.
- Location: Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
- Sonic Booms: None expected.
- Live Coverage: Starts two hours before liftoff at /space.
Fall: ULA Sierra Space Dream Chaser
- Mission: Sierra Space will launch its uncrewed Dream Chaser space plane on a ULA Vulcan rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
- Launch Window: TBA.
- Location: Launch Complex 41.
- Live Coverage: Starts two hours before liftoff at /space.
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