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Florida's Space Coast — home of NASA's Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Space Force Station — is the reigning rocket launch capital of the world. Last year saw a new annual record of 93 launches,
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.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will potentially launch a payload of Starlink internet-beaming satellites into low-Earth orbit from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is set to launch a batch of Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral, Florida. Visibility from Treasure Coast depends on weather
The launch is scheduled for April 9, with a window between 12 p.m. and 3 p.m. EDT, from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
The SpaceX rocket will launch The National Reconnaissance Office’s NROL-69 mission, which aims to send a classified payload for the U.S. government into orbit. Liftoff is set for 1:48 p.m. After the launch, SpaceX will attempt to land the rocket’s first stage booster back at CCSFS on Landing Zone 1.
Plenty more launches are to come, including another test of SpaceX’s massive Starship rocket, which exploded while in flight in March. Blue Origin is also set to send Katy Perry into space aboard its New Shepard as part of an all-woman mission on April 14th.
The SpaceX rocket and spacecraft technology company scrubbed its launch of 27 satellites Tuesday from California.