During the first quarter of the year, 27 orbital rockets took flight from Florida’s Space Coast. That equates to a cadence of 108 launches by year’s end — a record-breaking pace that would erase last year’s record of 93 annual liftoffs.
Look for the upcoming April launch schedule at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center and neighboring Cape Canaveral Space Force Station to feature numerous SpaceX Starlink missions. Also coming up: the NASA-SpaceX CRS-32 resupply mission to the International Space Station, United Launch Alliance’s USSF-106 national security mission; the SpaceX-Axiom Space Ax-4 crewed launch; and Blue Origin’s next New Glenn rocket liftoff.
Following are the latest missions coming up from the Cape. All launches are listed in Eastern Daylight Time. But be aware: Dates and times routinely change for a wide variety of reasons.
For the latest mission updates and space news, visit floridatoday.com/space. For questions or comments, email FLORIDA TODAY Space Reporter Rick Neale at [email protected].
Cape Canaveral: Rocket launches in Florida: Here’s an updating list of all 2025 missions from Cape Canaveral
Wednesday, April 9: ULA Project Kuiper KA-01
- Mission: A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket with five solid boosters will launch the first batch of Amazon’s Project Kuiper internet satellites to low-Earth orbit from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
- Launch: 7 p.m. with a two-hour window.
- Location: Launch Complex 41.
- Trajectory: Northeast.
- Live FLORIDA TODAY Space Team coverage: Starts two hours before liftoff at floridatoday.com/space.
Thursday, April 10: SpaceX Starlink 12-17
Though SpaceX has yet to announce this mission, a navigational warning shows a launch window for the Starlink 12-17 mission.
- Mission: SpaceX will launch the next batch of Starlink internet satellites atop a Falcon 9 rocket.
- Launch window: No earlier than 9:43 p.m..
- Location: TBA.
- Trajectory: TBA.
- Live FLORIDA TODAY Space Team coverage: Starts two hours before liftoff at floridatoday.com/space.
Monday, April 21: NASA-SpaceX CRS-32
- Mission: NASA and SpaceX will launch a Dragon spacecraft on a Falcon 9 rocket on the 32nd SpaceX commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station.
- Launch window: No earlier than 4:15 a.m..
- Location: Pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center.
- Trajectory: TBA.
- Live FLORIDA TODAY Space Team coverage: Starts two hours before liftoff at floridatoday.com/space.
TBA: United Launch Alliance USSF-106
- Mission: Equipped with four solid rocket boosters, ULA’s third Vulcan rocket will take flight on the Space Force’s USSF-106 national security mission into geosynchronous orbit more than 22,000 miles above Earth.
- Launch: TBA.
- Location: Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
- Sonic booms: No.
- Live FLORIDA TODAY Space Team coverage: Starts two hours before liftoff at floridatoday.com/space.
Spring: SpaceX-Axiom Space Ax-4
- Mission: Axiom Space’s fourth private astronaut mission to the International Space Station will launch aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center.
- Launch window: TBA.
- Location: Pad 39A.
- Live FLORIDA TODAY Space Team coverage: Starts two hours before liftoff at floridatoday.com/space.
Spring: Blue Origin NASA ESCAPADE
- Mission: Blue Origin will launch its powerhouse New Glenn rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. This first launch will send NASA’s ESCAPADE mission to Mars.
- Launch window: TBA.
- Location: Launch Complex 36.
- Live FLORIDA TODAY Space Team coverage: Starts 90 minutes before liftoff at floridatoday.com/space.
May: Sierra Space Dream Chaser
- Mission: Sierra Space will launch its uncrewed Dream Chaser space plane atop a ULA Vulcan rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
- Launch window: TBA.
- Location: Launch Complex 41.
- Live FLORIDA TODAY Space Team coverage: Starts two hours minutes before liftoff at floridatoday.com/space.
