Space Coast Launch Schedule — Record Year: 106 Orbital Launches and Major Missions Ahead (Updated Dec. 11, 2025)

The Space Coast has posted an exceptional year of activity: it exceeded the previous record of 93 launches (set in 2024), reached its 94th launch on Nov. 10 and finished the season with 106 orbital launches plus one hypersonic missile test. SpaceX’s high cadence, renewed ULA activity and Blue Origin’s New Glenn debut drove the surge. Below is an edited, clearer schedule and a curated chronology of notable launches and upcoming missions affecting Cape Canaveral and Kennedy Space Center.

Season Totals (Updated Dec. 11, 2025)

• 2025: 106 Space Coast orbital launches and 1 hypersonic missile test — 81 from Cape Canaveral, 25 from KSC.
• By provider: SpaceX 99 (all Falcon 9), ULA 5 (four Atlas V, one Vulcan), Blue Origin 2 (New Glenn NG-1, NG-2).
• Human flights in 2025: 4 (Crew-10, Fram2, Ax-4, Crew-11).
• Reference years: 2024 — 93 launches; 2023 — 72 launches.

Selected Near-Term Launches (Dec. 2025 — early windows)

Dec. 11: SpaceX Falcon 9 — Starlink 6-90 (29 satellites) from CCSFS SLC-40 at 5:01 p.m.; booster on its 16th flight landed on droneship A Shortfall of Gravitas. The launch set a pad-turnaround record for SLC-40 (2 days, 2 hours, 44 minutes since NROL-77).

Dec. 14–15: SpaceX Falcon 9 — Starlink 6-82 (29 satellites), SLC-40 window 9:43 p.m.–1:43 a.m. (Dec. 15); booster aiming for downrange recovery.

Dec. 15 (early): ULA Atlas V 551 — Amazon Leo 4 (27 Project Kuiper satellites), window opens 3:52 a.m.; this is Amazon’s seventh operational Kuiper launch and increases Kuiper’s on-orbit count toward the planned thousands.

Dec. 15 (later): SpaceX Falcon 9 — Starlink 6-99 (29 satellites), KSC LC-39A window 8:11 a.m.–12:11 p.m.; booster planned to land on droneship Just Read the Instructions.

Dec. 19: SpaceX Falcon 9 — Starlink 6-88 (29 satellites), SLC-40 window 12:00–3:17 a.m.; booster’s first flight, recovery planned on A Shortfall of Gravitas.

Key Upcoming And Tentative Missions

• Vulcan Centaur (TBD, delayed from 2024): USSF-87 from SLC-41 carrying GSSAP spacecraft (NSSF Phase 2). Vehicle staged at CCSFS as of Dec. 1, 2025; planned four solid boosters.
• Vulcan Leo (TBD): Amazon Leo — Vulcan Leo 1 to launch 44 operational Kuiper satellites in a six-booster (heaviest) configuration; booster and Centaur at CCSFS awaiting stacking.
• Intuitive Machines IM-3 (TBD): SpaceX Falcon 9 to deliver a Nova-C PRISM lander with four NASA payloads to Reiner Gamma, plus rover and relay satellite — science targets include magnetic and plasma studies at Reiner Gamma.
• Blue Origin New Glenn (TBD): Blue Moon Mark 1 cargo lander under NASA CLPS (single-launch lunar cargo delivery).
• Artemis II (TBD, as early as Feb. 5 — no later than Apr. 2026): Crewed 10-day lunar orbital mission from KSC LC-39B.
• Boeing Starliner-1 (TBD, no earlier than Apr. 2026): ULA Atlas V — now planned as an uncrewed mission per NASA contract update; follows Boeing’s OFT-2 flight.
• Multiple CLPS Lunar Landers (2026): Firefly / Blue Ghost / Draper / Astrobotic and other commercial missions to various lunar targets, including far-side objectives and the Schrödinger basin.
• Dream Chaser to ISS (TBD, no earlier than late 2026): First Sierra Space Dream Chaser flight on ULA Vulcan Centaur (slipped due to hardware and priority launches).
• Artemis III (Target: Summer 2027): NASA’s crewed lunar landing mission from KSC LC-39B.

Notable 2025 Milestones and Trends

• Space Coast surpassed the previous annual record and finished 2025 with 106 orbital launches and one hypersonic test (Army/Navy Dark Eagle from SLC-46).
• SpaceX dominated the cadence — many Falcon 9 boosters reached double-digit reuses, several exceeded 20 flights, and the company passed major fleet milestones (including the 500th Falcon 9 launch and multiple high-count booster recoveries).
• Amazon’s Project Kuiper began operational launches (ULA Atlas V and SpaceX Falcon deliveries) as Kuiper’s on-orbit total climbed toward the multi-thousand goal.
• Blue Origin completed the New Glenn debut(s) and recovered a first-stage in the Atlantic, marking its entry into the Space Coast cadence.
• National security and science missions both continued: NRO/DOD launches, NOAA and ESA science payloads (e.g., MTG-S1, Hera) and deep-space missions (Europa Clipper, Psyche) were supported.

How To Use This Schedule

This page is maintained as a running launch log and schedule. Dates and windows can change; check back for the latest official updates from launch providers and the U.S. Space Force. The list above highlights immediate launches, major pending missions and the season totals; a full mission-by-mission log is archived and available on the original tracking page.

Note: This edited schedule preserves the facts and dates reported through Dec. 11, 2025. For live updates, pad notifications and last-minute scrubs please consult provider feeds and the Space Force launch schedule.