# Space Coast launch schedule
The Space Coast achieved a new record in 2023 with 72 orbital missions launched from the Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The frequency of launches could potentially increase to almost twice a week by the end of 2024.
**By The Numbers:**
– **2024:** 7 Space Coast launches in 2024 (updated Jan. 30)
– 5 from Cape Canaveral, 2 from KSC
– 6 from SpaceX (6 Falcon 9s), 1 from ULA (1 Vulcan)
– 1 human spaceflight (Ax-3)
– **2023:** 72 Space Coast launches in 2023
– 59 from Cape Canaveral, 13 from KSC
– 68 from SpaceX (63 Falcon 9s, 5 Falcon Heavy), 3 from United Launch Alliance (1 Delta IV Heavy, 2 Atlas V), 1 from Relativity Space
– 3 human spaceflights (Crew-6, Ax-2, Crew-7)
Details on past launches can be found at the end of the document.
## JANUARY
**Jan. 18:** SpaceX Falcon 9 with a Crew Dragon Freedom for Axiom Space’s Axiom-3 mission, launched at 4:49 p.m. from KSC’s Launch Pad 39-A. The crew includes one astronaut each from Italy, Turkey and Sweden, while the mission is led by Axiom’s chief astronaut, Michael López-Alegría. The commercial flight is scheduled to bring four crew members for a short stay on the ISS. The first-stage booster made a landing at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Landing Zone 1.
**Jan. 28:** SpaceX Falcon 9 on the Starlink 6-38 mission with 23 Starlink satellites, launched at 8:10 p.m. from Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39-A. The first-stage booster made its 18th flight and landed downrange in the Atlantic on the droneship A Shortfall of Gravitas.
**Jan. 30:** SpaceX Falcon 9 with Northrop Grumman Cygnus spacecraft on the NG-20 mission to resupply the International Space Station, launched at 12:07 p.m. This was the first ISS launch from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 40. The first-stage booster made its 10th flight and returned for a touchdown at Canaveral’s Landing Zone 1.
## FEBRUARY
– **No earlier than Feb. 6:** NASA’s Plankton, Aerosol Cloud Ocean Ecosystem (PACE) satellite on a SpaceX Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 40.
– **Delayed from Nov. 14, Jan. 12:** A SpaceX Falcon 9 with the Intuitive Machines IM-1 mission with the company’s Nova-C lunar lander from Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Pad 39-A.
– **No earlier than late February 2024:** SpaceX Crew-8 on Falcon 9 from Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Pad 39-A.
## APRIL
– **TBD, no earlier than April:** SpaceX Falcon Heavy on its 10th launch ever with a payload of the GOES-U satellite for the NOAA from Kennedy Space Center Launch Pad 39-A.
– **TBD, as early as April 2024:** United Launch Alliance Vulcan Centaur on Sierra Space Dream Chaser test flight from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 41.
– **Delayed from July 21:** Boeing CST-100 Starliner atop United Launch Alliance Atlas V from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 41.
## AUGUST
– **No earlier than mid-August 2024:** SpaceX Falcon 9 on the Crew-9 mission. Its crew of four has yet to be announced.
## OCTOBER
– **October 2024:** SpaceX Falcon Heavy on the Europe Clipper mission.
– **No earlier than October 2024:** Axiom Space was awarded the right to fly Axiom-4. This mission is targeting a 14-day stay and will fly up with one of the SpaceX Crew Dragons. The launch date is dependent on spacecraft traffic to the ISS and in-orbit activity planning and constraints that have to be coordinated with NASA.
## UPCOMING: TBD IN 2024
– **TBD, early 2024:** United Launch Alliance Atlas V on USSF 51 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 41.
– **TBD, Summer 2024:** Polaris Dawn mission on a SpaceX Falcon 9 topped with the Crew Dragon Resilience from KSC’s Launch Pad 39-A.
– **TBD, 2nd half of 2024:** United Launch Alliance Vulcan Centaur on first of four planned Department of Defense missions from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 41.
– **TBD, 2nd half of 2024:** United Launch Alliance Vulcan Centaur on second, third, and fourth planned Department of Defense missions from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 41.
## NOVEMBER
– **November 2024:** SpaceX Falcon Heavy flying Astrobotic’s Griffin lunar lander as part of NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services program.
## DECEMBER
– **December 2024:** Intuitive Machines IM-2 mission on a SpaceX Falcon 9 with the company’s second Nova-C lander.
## UPCOMING: TBD IN 2025
– **TBD, no earlier than early 2025:** Boeing Starliner-1 on ULA Atlas V from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Space Launch Complex 41.
– **September 2025:** NASA Artemis II mission to send four crew on 8-day orbital mission to the moon from KSC’s Launch Pad 39-B.
## UPCOMING: TBD IN 2026
– **September 2026:** NASA Artemis III mission to send four crew on lunar landing mission to the moon from KSC’s Launch Pad 39-B.
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