The GOES-T satellite lifts off aboard an Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral, Fla. (FOX photo)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - This year has been a great year to have your eyes on the skies! Florida's Space Coast has been busy in 2022, sending up rockets from NASA's Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station – and there's plenty of room for more.
If you've never watched a launch live and in person, this summer might be the perfect time to do it. Here's a compiled list of upcoming Space Coast launches.
Keep in mind that these launch dates are tentative and schedules are subject to change due to technical reasons, weather or any other factors that could affect liftoff.
DATE: June 29, 2022
VEHICLE: SpaceX Falcon 9
MISSION: SES-22
LAUNCH SITE: Cape Canaveral Space Force Station
LAUNCH WINDOW: 5:04 - 7:13 p.m. ET
DATE: June 30, 2022
VEHICLE: United Launch Alliance Atlas V
MISSION: USSF-12 for the U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command
LAUNCH SITE: Cape Canaveral Space Force Station
LAUNCH WINDOW: 6 - 8 p.m.
DATE: July 7, 2022
VEHICLE: SpaceX Falcon 9
MISSION: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch with another batch of Starlink internet satellites.
LAUNCH SITE: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
LAUNCH WINDOW: 6:30 p.m. ET
DATE: July 9, 2022
VEHICLE: SpaceX Falcon 9
MISSION: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch with another batch of Starlink internet satellites.
LAUNCH SITE: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
LAUNCH WINDOW: 8:00 p.m. ET
DATE: July 11, 2022
VEHICLE: SpaceX Falcon 9
MISSION: SpaceX CRS-25. Dragon 2 spacecraft will go on its fifth cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station.
LAUNCH SITE: Kennedy Space Center
LAUNCH WINDOW: TBD
This list will be updated as launches are added, changed and confirmed.