Upcoming SpaceX LC-39A Rocket Launches to Space, Livestreams & Events

All SpaceX LC-39A dates are estimates based on the latest available information and may change
  • NET (No Earlier Than)
  • TBC (To Be Confirmed)
  • TBD (To Be Determined)

NASA SpaceX CRS-28 to International Space Station (ISS)

UPDATED

 

Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) • Kennedy Space Center (KSC) • Falcon 9 Block 5 B1077.5 Flight 5 Reuseable • Just Read the Instructions (JRTI) Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship (ASDS) • Cargo Dragon TBC • NASA Commercial Resupply Service Phase 2 (CRS-2) • Low Earth Orbit (LEO) • International Space Station (ISS)

@NASASpaceOps NASA & SpaceX also are targeting 12:34 p.m. EDT Saturday, June 3, for launch of the company’s 28th commercial resupply flight. The mission will carry the next pair of IROSAs, roll-out solar arrays, for the space station. More on these important flights coming soon!

SpaceX Cargo Dragon

Classified SpaceX USSF-52 Falcon Heavy

UPDATED • DELAYED

 

Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) • Kennedy Space Center (KSC) • United States Space Force (USSF) • National Security Space Launch (NSSL) Phase 2 • Falcon Heavy B1074.1 First Flight Expendable Core • B1064.3 Flight 3 Reusable Side Booster | Return to Landing Site (RTLS) Landing Zone 1 (LZ-1) • B1065.3 Flight 3 Reusable Side Booster | Return to Landing Site (RTLS) Landing Zone 2 (LZ-2) • Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO) • FCC

SpaceX Falcon Heavy

NASA SpaceX IM-1 Nova-C Lunar Lander

July

Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) • Kennedy Space Center (KSC) • Falcon 9 Block 5 TBC Reuseable • TBC Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship (ASDS) • NASA Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) • Intuitive Machines Nova-C Lunar Lander • Trans-Lunar Injection (TLI) • International Lunar Observatory Association (ILOA) ILO-X • Moon • Press Kit

@Int_Machines Our IM-1 Nova-C lander will have an approximate 21-day lifespan: up to 7 days of transit, 1 day in low lunar orbit, and 13.5 days on the lunar surface until its battery is depleted by the lunar night

Intuitive Machines IM-1 Nova-C Lunar Lander

SpaceX Polaris Dawn Private Crew to Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

UPDATED • DELAYED

NET Late August

Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) • Kennedy Space Center (KSC) • Falcon 9 Block 5 TBC Reuseable • TBC Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship (ASDS) • Crew Dragon C207.3 Resilience Flight 3 • Polaris Dawn • Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

@PolarisProgram We announced the Polaris Program and its first mission one year ago this month. Recap of the Polaris Dawn crew’s training to-date as we look ahead to the mission’s launch, now targeted for no earlier than summer 2023

SpaceX Inspiration-4 Dragon

NASA SpaceX Falcon Heavy ASU Psyche

UPDATED • DELAYED

 

Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) • Kennedy Space Center (KSC) • NASA Launch Services Program (LSP) • NASA Discovery Program • NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) • Arizona State University (ASU) • Falcon Heavy TBC Expendable Core • TBC Reusable Side Booster | Return to Landing Site (RTLS) Landing Zone 1 (LZ-1) • TBC Reusable Side Booster | Return to Landing Site (RTLS) Landing Zone 2 (LZ-2) • Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO) | Heliosynchronous Orbit • Heliocentric Orbit • Small Innovative Missions for Planetary Exploration (SIMPLEx) • TBD Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC) • 16 Psyche M-Type Asteroid

@NASA Our Mission To Psyche is moving forward. 🚀 Following an internal review of mission development issues that caused the team to miss the planned 2022 liftoff to a distant metal-rich asteroid, Psyche is now targeting a launch window that opens Oct. 10, 2023

Psyche

NASA SpaceX IM-2 PRIME-1 & Lunar Trailblazer Nova-C Lunar Lander

UPDATED • DELAYED

November

TBC Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) • Kennedy Space Center (KSC) • NASA Science Mission Directorate (SMD) • Small Innovative Missions for Planetary Exploration (SIMPLEx) • Falcon 9 Block 5 TBC Reuseable • TBC Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship (ASDS) • AstroForge Brokkr-2 | OrbAstro ORB-50 • NASA Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) • Intuitive Machines Nova-C Lunar Lander | µNova (Micro Nova) Hopper • Polar Resources Ice Mining Experiment-1 (PRIME-1) • California Institute of Technology (Caltech) Lunar Trailblazer • Lunar Outpost Mobile Autonomous Prospecting Platform (MAPP) • International Lunar Observatory Association (ILOA) ILO-1 • Moon

@NASAKennedy NASA plans to learn more about water on the Moon with the Polar Resources Ice Mining Experiment-1 (PRIME-1). A lander will take it to the lunar South Pole where it will drill into the surface and identify what it finds

NASA Polar Resources Ice Mining Experiment-1 (PRIME-1)

Axiom SpaceX Ax-3 Private Crew to International Space Station (ISS)

November

Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) • Kennedy Space Center (KSC) • Falcon 9 Block 5 TBC Reuseable • Return to Landing Site (RTLS) Landing Zone 1 (LZ-1) • Crew Dragon TBC • Low Earth Orbit (LEO) • International Space Station (ISS) • Axiom Space

@Space_Station NASA and Axiom Space have signed a mission order for the third private astronaut mission to the space station, targeted to launch no earlier than November 2023

SpaceX Axiom Ax-1 Dragon

NASA SpaceX Falcon Heavy NOAA GOES-U (GOES-19)

 

Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) • Kennedy Space Center (KSC) • United States Space Force (USSF) • Falcon Heavy TBC Expendable Core • TBC Reusable Side Booster • TBC Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship (ASDS) • TBC Reusable Side Booster • TBC Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship (ASDS) • National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) | National Environmental Satellite Data and Information Service (NEDIS) | Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) R Series • Lockheed Martin GOES-R • Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO)

@NOAASatellites Exciting news! GOES-U, the fourth and final satellite in NOAA’s GOES-R Series, recently completed a successful test deployment of its solar array to ensure it will function properly in space. 🛰️ GOES-U is scheduled to launch in April 2024

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite R Series (GOES)

NASA SpaceX Falcon Heavy Europa Clipper

October 2024

Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) • Kennedy Space Center (KSC) • NASA Launch Services Program (LSP) • NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) • Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) [JHUAPL] • Falcon Heavy TBC Expendable Core • TBC Reusable Side Booster • TBC Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship (ASDS) • TBC Reusable Side Booster • TBC Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship (ASDS) • Europa

@EuropaClipper We’re one step closer to exploring Jupiter’s icy moon Europa! The main body of our spacecraft is complete and has been delivered to NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) from Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL). Coming up next: final assembly and testing ahead of our planned 2024 launch. 🛰

Europa Clipper

NASA SpaceX Falcon Heavy PPE & HALO to Lunar Gateway

UPDATED • DELAYED

November 2024

Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) • Kennedy Space Center (KSC) • Falcon Heavy TBC Core • TBC Reusable Side Booster • TBC Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship (ASDS) • TBC Reusable Side Booster • TBC Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship (ASDS) • NASA Artemis Lunar Gateway • Maxar Power and Propulsion Element (PPE) • Northrop Grumman Habitation and Logistics Outpost (HALO) • Trans-Lunar Injection (TLI) • Moon

@NASA_Gateway Gateway is coming together 🤩 Following structural welding, the Habitation and Logistics Outpost (HALO) module will ship from Italy to Gilbert, Arizona, where Northrop Grumman will outfit various components to support future NASA Artemis missions

NASA Artemis Lunar Gateway

NASA SpaceX Falcon Heavy Griffin & VIPER Rover to the Lunar South Pole

UPDATED • DELAYED

November 2024

Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) • Kennedy Space Center (KSC) • Falcon Heavy TBC Expendable Core • TBC Reusable Side Booster • TBC Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship (ASDS) • TBC Reusable Side Booster • TBC Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship (ASDS) • NASA Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) • Astrobotic Griffin Lunar Lander • NASA Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER) • Trans-Lunar Injection (TLI) • Moon

@NASAAmes To allow for additional testing of the lunar lander that will deliver our VIPER rover to the lunar South Pole, its arrival to the Moon is now scheduled for 2024

NASA VIPER

NASA SpaceX Falcon Heavy GLS-1 to Lunar Gateway

UPDATED • DELAYED

December 2024

Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) • Kennedy Space Center (KSC) • Falcon Heavy TBC Core • TBC Reusable Side Booster • TBC Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship (ASDS) • TBC Reusable Side Booster • TBC Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship (ASDS) • Lunar Cargo Dragon XL • NASA Gateway Logistics Services (GLS) • Trans-Lunar Injection (TLI) • Moon

@NASA_Gateway To support lunar surface missions, Gateway’s Deep Space Logistics Project managed out of NASA's Kennedy Space Center will deliver critical cargo, science experiments, and supplies using Gateway’s Logistics Services

NASA SpaceX PACE

2024

TBC Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) • Kennedy Space Center (KSC) • Falcon 9 Block 5 TBC • TBC Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship (ASDS) • Plankton, Aerosol Cloud Ocean Ecosystem (PACE) • Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO) | Heliosynchronous Orbit

@NASAOcean Today, scientists will tighten the last screw on the Dutch aerosol instrument SPEXone, mounting it to NASA’s PACE satellite. Scheduled to launch in 2024, PACE will provide information on interactions between Earth’s atmosphere & ocean

NASA SpaceX IM-3 (CP-11) Nova-C Lunar Lander

2024

TBC Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) • Kennedy Space Center (KSC) • NASA Science Mission Directorate (SMD) • Small Innovative Missions for Planetary Exploration (SIMPLEx) • Falcon 9 Block 5 TBC Reuseable • TBC Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship (ASDS) • NASA Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) • Intuitive Machines Nova-C Lunar Lander • Moon

@Int_Machines As part of NASA's Artemis lunar exploration efforts we will be investigating lunar swirls as we suspect they may help shield future Artemis astronauts from the intense radiation on the Moon. IM-3 will complete complex lunar operations, including investigating the Reiner Gamma swirl

Intuitive Machines IM-3 Nova-C Lunar Lander

SpaceX Falcon Heavy Griffin Lunar Lander to the Lunar South Pole

2026

Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) • Kennedy Space Center (KSC) • Falcon Heavy TBC Expendable Core • TBC Reusable Side Booster • TBC Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship (ASDS) • TBC Reusable Side Booster • TBC Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship (ASDS) • Astrobotic Griffin Lunar Lander • Trans-Lunar Injection (TLI) • Moon

@astrobotic We're heading to the Moon’s South Pole (again) in 2026! 🌔 Today at the Lunar Surface Innovation Consortium (LSIC) we announced our purchase: launch services aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket for our 3rd upcoming lunar lander mission!

Astrobotic Griffin Lunar Lander

SpaceX Starship AstroLab FLEX Lunar Lander to the Moon

Mid 2026

TBC Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) • Kennedy Space Center (KSC) • Starship TBC • Raptor 2 Engines • Trans-Lunar Injection (TLI) • AstroLab Flexible Logistics and Exploration (FLEX) Lunar Rover • Moon

@Astrolab_Space Today we announce a launch agreement with SpaceX - Our FLEX rover is headed to the Moon aboard a Starship landing system as soon as mid-2026. Once it completes its mission, FLEX will become the largest and most capable rover to ever travel to the 🌕

AstroLab Flexible Logistics and Exploration (FLEX) Lunar Rover

NASA SpaceX Falcon Heavy NGRST Space Telescope

October 2026

Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) • Kennedy Space Center (KSC) • Falcon Heavy TBC Core • TBC Reusable Side Booster • TBC Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship (ASDS) • TBC Reusable Side Booster • TBC Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship (ASDS) • NASA Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope (NGRST) • Sun-Earth Lagrange Point 2 (L2)

@SpaceX NASA has selected Falcon Heavy to launch the Roman Space Telescope, which is designed to study dark energy and dark matter, search for and image exoplanets, and more. Liftoff is targeted for no earlier than October 2026 from Launch Complex 39A in Florida

NASA Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope (NGRST)

Recent Videos of SpaceX LC-39A Rocket Launches to Space & Events

SpaceX Falcon Heavy ViaSat-3 Americas & Arcturus (Aurora 4A)

 

Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) • Kennedy Space Center (KSC) • Falcon Heavy B1068.1 First Flight Expendable Core | B1052.8 Flight 8 Expendable Side Booster | B1053.3 Flight 3 Expendable Side Booster • Viasat ViaSat-3 • Astranis Arcturus | Pacific Dataport Aurora Satellite System • Exolaunch 16 U ExoPod | Gravity Space G-Space 1 (GS-1) • Geosynchronous Equatorial Orbit (GEO) • Press Kit • FCC • Advisory

NASA SpaceX CRS-27 to International Space Station (ISS)

 

Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) • Kennedy Space Center (KSC) • Falcon 9 Block 5 B1073.7 Flight 7 Reuseable • A Shortfall of Gravitas (ASOG) Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship (ASDS) • Cargo Dragon C209.3 Flight 3 • 32 days • NASA Commercial Resupply Service Phase 2 (CRS-2) • Educational Launch of Nanosatellites (ELaNa) 50 • Department of Defense (DoD) Space Test Program Houston 9 (STP-H9) • Expedition 68 • Low Earth Orbit (LEO) • International Space Station (ISS) • Advisory

Classified SpaceX USSF-67 Falcon Heavy LDPE-3A

 

Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) • Kennedy Space Center (KSC) • United States Space Force (USSF) • National Security Space Launch (NSSL) Phase 2 • Falcon Heavy B1070.1 First Flight Expendable Core • B1064.2 Flight 2 Reusable Side Booster • Return to Landing Site (RTLS) Landing Zone 1 (LZ-1) • B1065.2 Flight 2 Reusable Side Booster • Return to Landing Site (RTLS) Landing Zone 2 (LZ-2) • Continuous Broadcast Augmenting SATCOM 2 (CBAS 2) • Long Duration Propulsive ESPA (LDPE-3A) | Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) → National Security Space Launch (NSSL) | EELV Secondary Payload Adapter (ESPA) | Space Systems Command (SSC) Catcher & WASSAT | Three Space Rapid Capabilities Office (Space RCO) Payloads • Geosynchronous Equatorial Orbit (GEO) • Press Kit • FCC • Advisory

NASA SpaceX CRS-26 to International Space Station (ISS)

 

Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) • Kennedy Space Center (KSC) • Falcon 9 Block 5 B1076.1 First Flight Reuseable • Just Read the Instructions (JRTI) Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship (ASDS) • Cargo Dragon C211.1 First Flight • 46 days • NASA Commercial Resupply Service Phase 2 (CRS-2) • Educational Launch of Nanosatellites (ELaNa) 49 • Expedition 68 • Low Earth Orbit (LEO) • International Space Station (ISS) • Docked 43 days • Advisory

Classified SpaceX USSF-44 Falcon Heavy LDPE-2

 

Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) • Kennedy Space Center (KSC) • United States Space Force (USSF) • National Security Space Launch (NSSL) Phase 2 • Falcon Heavy B1066.1 First Flight Expendable Core • B1064.1 First Flight Reusable Side Booster | Return to Landing Site (RTLS) Landing Zone 1 (LZ-1) • B1065.1 First Flight Reusable Side Booster | Return to Landing Site (RTLS) Landing Zone 2 (LZ-2) • Long Duration Propulsive ESPA (LDPE-2) • Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) → National Security Space Launch (NSSL) • EELV Secondary Payload Adapter (ESPA) • Northrop Grumman ESPAStar • Millennium Space Systems Tetra-1 • Lockheed Martin In-space Upgrade Satellite System (LINUSS) 1 & 2 • Geosynchronous Equatorial Orbit (GEO) • FCC • Advisory

NASA SpaceX CRS-25 to International Space Station (ISS)

 

Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) • Kennedy Space Center (KSC) • Falcon 9 Block 5 B1067.5 Flight 5 • A Shortfall of Gravitas (ASOG) Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship (ASDS) • Cargo Dragon C208.3 Flight 3 • 37 days • NASA Commercial Resupply Service Phase 2 (CRS-2) • Educational Launch of Nanosatellites (ELaNa) 45 • Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation (EMIT) Earth Venture-Instrument (EVI-4) • Nanoracks • Expedition 67 • Low Earth Orbit (LEO) • International Space Station (ISS) • Docked 34 days • FCC • Advisory

NASA SpaceX CRS-24 to International Space Station (ISS)

 

Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) • Kennedy Space Center (KSC) • Falcon 9 Block 5 B1069.1 First Flight • Just Read the Instructions (JRTI) Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship (ASDS) • Cargo Dragon C209.2 Flight 2 • 34 days • NASA Commercial Resupply Service Phase 2 (CRS-2) • Educational Launch of Nanosatellites (ELaNa) 38 • Montana State University (MSU) Radiation Tolerant Computer (RadPC-AI) • Low Earth Orbit (LEO) • International Space Station (ISS) • Docked 32 days

SpaceX Falcon Heavy Test Flight

 

Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) • Kennedy Space Center (KSC) • Falcon Heavy B1033.1 First Flight • Of Course I Still Love You (OCISLY) Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship (ASDS) • B1023.2 Flight 2 Converted F9 Side Booster | Return to Landing Site (RTLS) Landing Zone 1 (LZ-1) • B1025.2 Flight 2 Converted F9 Side Booster | Return to Landing Site (RTLS) Landing Zone 2 (LZ-2) • Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster & Starman • Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO) | Heliosynchronous Orbit • Trans-Mars Injection (TMI) • FCC

Schedule of Upcoming SpaceX LC-39A Rocket Launches to Space, Livestreams & Events

All SpaceX LC-39A dates are estimates based on the latest available information and may change
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  • TBC (To Be Confirmed)
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DateMissionLivestreamNotes
2023-06-03 16:34 UTCNASA SpaceX CRS-28 to International Space Station (ISS)Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) • Kennedy Space Center (KSC) • Falcon 9 Block 5 B1077.5 Flight 5 Reuseable • Just Read the Instructions (JRTI) Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship (ASDS) • Cargo Dragon TBC • NASA Commercial Resupply Service Phase 2 (CRS-2) • Low Earth Orbit (LEO) • International Space Station (ISS)
2023-07-07 TBC UTCClassified SpaceX USSF-52 Falcon HeavyLaunch Complex 39A (LC-39A) • Kennedy Space Center (KSC) • United States Space Force (USSF) • National Security Space Launch (NSSL) Phase 2 • Falcon Heavy B1074.1 First Flight Expendable Core • B1064.3 Flight 3 Reusable Side Booster | Return to Landing Site (RTLS) Landing Zone 1 (LZ-1) • B1065.3 Flight 3 Reusable Side Booster | Return to Landing Site (RTLS) Landing Zone 2 (LZ-2) • Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO) • FCC
JulyNASA SpaceX IM-1 Nova-C Lunar LanderLaunch Complex 39A (LC-39A) • Kennedy Space Center (KSC) • Falcon 9 Block 5 TBC Reuseable • TBC Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship (ASDS) • NASA Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) • Intuitive Machines Nova-C Lunar Lander • Trans-Lunar Injection (TLI) • International Lunar Observatory Association (ILOA) ILO-X • Moon • Press Kit
AugustSpaceX Falcon Heavy Jupiter-3 EchoStar XXIV (24)Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) • Kennedy Space Center (KSC) • Falcon Heavy TBC Core • TBC Reusable Side Booster • TBC Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship (ASDS) • TBC Reusable Side Booster • TBC Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship (ASDS) • Hughes Jupiter • Geosynchronous Equatorial Orbit (GEO)
NET Mid AugustNASA SpaceX Crew-7 to International Space Station (ISS)Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) • Kennedy Space Center (KSC) • Falcon 9 Block 5 TBC Reuseable • Return to Landing Site (RTLS) Landing Zone 1 (LZ-1) • Crew Dragon C210.3 Endurance Flight 3 • NASA Commercial Crew Program (CCP) • Expedition 70 • Low Earth Orbit (LEO) • International Space Station (ISS)
NET Late AugustSpaceX Polaris Dawn Private Crew to Low Earth Orbit (LEO)Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) • Kennedy Space Center (KSC) • Falcon 9 Block 5 TBC Reuseable • TBC Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship (ASDS) • Crew Dragon C207.3 Resilience Flight 3 • Polaris Dawn • Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
2023-10-10 TBC UTCNASA SpaceX Falcon Heavy ASU PsycheLaunch Complex 39A (LC-39A) • Kennedy Space Center (KSC) • NASA Launch Services Program (LSP) • NASA Discovery Program • NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) • Arizona State University (ASU) • Falcon Heavy TBC Expendable Core • TBC Reusable Side Booster | Return to Landing Site (RTLS) Landing Zone 1 (LZ-1) • TBC Reusable Side Booster | Return to Landing Site (RTLS) Landing Zone 2 (LZ-2) • Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO) | Heliosynchronous Orbit • Heliocentric Orbit • Small Innovative Missions for Planetary Exploration (SIMPLEx) • TBD Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC) • 16 Psyche M-Type Asteroid
NovemberNASA SpaceX IM-2 PRIME-1 & Lunar Trailblazer Nova-C Lunar LanderTBC Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) • Kennedy Space Center (KSC) • NASA Science Mission Directorate (SMD) • Small Innovative Missions for Planetary Exploration (SIMPLEx) • Falcon 9 Block 5 TBC Reuseable • TBC Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship (ASDS) • AstroForge Brokkr-2 | OrbAstro ORB-50 • NASA Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) • Intuitive Machines Nova-C Lunar Lander | µNova (Micro Nova) Hopper • Polar Resources Ice Mining Experiment-1 (PRIME-1) • California Institute of Technology (Caltech) Lunar Trailblazer • Lunar Outpost Mobile Autonomous Prospecting Platform (MAPP) • International Lunar Observatory Association (ILOA) ILO-1 • Moon
NovemberAxiom SpaceX Ax-3 Private Crew to International Space Station (ISS)Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) • Kennedy Space Center (KSC) • Falcon 9 Block 5 TBC Reuseable • Return to Landing Site (RTLS) Landing Zone 1 (LZ-1) • Crew Dragon TBC • Low Earth Orbit (LEO) • International Space Station (ISS) • Axiom Space
DecemberNASA SpaceX CRS-29 to International Space Station (ISS)Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) • Kennedy Space Center (KSC) • Falcon 9 Block 5 TBC Reuseable • TBC Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship (ASDS) • Cargo Dragon TBC • NASA Commercial Resupply Service Phase 2 (CRS-2) • Low Earth Orbit (LEO) • International Space Station (ISS)
NET February 2024NASA SpaceX Crew-8 to International Space Station (ISS)Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) • Kennedy Space Center (KSC) • Falcon 9 Block 5 TBC Reuseable • Return to Landing Site (RTLS) Landing Zone 1 (LZ-1) • Crew Dragon TBC • NASA Commercial Crew Program (CCP) • Low Earth Orbit (LEO) • International Space Station (ISS)
2024-04-30 TBC UTCNASA SpaceX Falcon Heavy NOAA GOES-U (GOES-19)Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) • Kennedy Space Center (KSC) • United States Space Force (USSF) • Falcon Heavy TBC Expendable Core • TBC Reusable Side Booster • TBC Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship (ASDS) • TBC Reusable Side Booster • TBC Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship (ASDS) • National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) | National Environmental Satellite Data and Information Service (NEDIS) | Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) R Series • Lockheed Martin GOES-R • Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO)
Mid 2024SpaceX Falcon Heavy ViaSat-3 APACLaunch Complex 39A (LC-39A) • Kennedy Space Center (KSC) • Falcon Heavy TBD Expendable Core | TBD Expendable Side Booster | TBD Expendable Side Booster • Viasat ViaSat-3 • Geosynchronous Equatorial Orbit (GEO)
October 2024NASA SpaceX Falcon Heavy Europa ClipperLaunch Complex 39A (LC-39A) • Kennedy Space Center (KSC) • NASA Launch Services Program (LSP) • NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) • Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) [JHUAPL] • Falcon Heavy TBC Expendable Core • TBC Reusable Side Booster • TBC Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship (ASDS) • TBC Reusable Side Booster • TBC Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship (ASDS) • Europa
November 2024NASA SpaceX Falcon Heavy PPE & HALO to Lunar GatewayLaunch Complex 39A (LC-39A) • Kennedy Space Center (KSC) • Falcon Heavy TBC Core • TBC Reusable Side Booster • TBC Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship (ASDS) • TBC Reusable Side Booster • TBC Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship (ASDS) • NASA Artemis Lunar Gateway • Maxar Power and Propulsion Element (PPE) • Northrop Grumman Habitation and Logistics Outpost (HALO) • Trans-Lunar Injection (TLI) • Moon
November 2024NASA SpaceX Falcon Heavy Griffin & VIPER Rover to the Lunar South PoleLaunch Complex 39A (LC-39A) • Kennedy Space Center (KSC) • Falcon Heavy TBC Expendable Core • TBC Reusable Side Booster • TBC Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship (ASDS) • TBC Reusable Side Booster • TBC Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship (ASDS) • NASA Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) • Astrobotic Griffin Lunar Lander • NASA Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER) • Trans-Lunar Injection (TLI) • Moon
December 2024NASA SpaceX Falcon Heavy GLS-1 to Lunar GatewayLaunch Complex 39A (LC-39A) • Kennedy Space Center (KSC) • Falcon Heavy TBC Core • TBC Reusable Side Booster • TBC Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship (ASDS) • TBC Reusable Side Booster • TBC Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship (ASDS) • Lunar Cargo Dragon XL • NASA Gateway Logistics Services (GLS) • Trans-Lunar Injection (TLI) • Moon
2024NASA SpaceX PACETBC Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) • Kennedy Space Center (KSC) • Falcon 9 Block 5 TBC • TBC Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship (ASDS) • Plankton, Aerosol Cloud Ocean Ecosystem (PACE) • Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO) | Heliosynchronous Orbit
2024NASA SpaceX IM-3 (CP-11) Nova-C Lunar LanderTBC Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) • Kennedy Space Center (KSC) • NASA Science Mission Directorate (SMD) • Small Innovative Missions for Planetary Exploration (SIMPLEx) • Falcon 9 Block 5 TBC Reuseable • TBC Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship (ASDS) • NASA Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) • Intuitive Machines Nova-C Lunar Lander • Moon
2024SpaceX Starship Superbird-9TBC Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) • Kennedy Space Center (KSC) • Starship Booster TBC | Ship TBC • Raptor 2 Engines • Sky Perfect JSAT • Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO)
2026SpaceX Falcon Heavy Griffin Lunar Lander to the Lunar South PoleLaunch Complex 39A (LC-39A) • Kennedy Space Center (KSC) • Falcon Heavy TBC Expendable Core • TBC Reusable Side Booster • TBC Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship (ASDS) • TBC Reusable Side Booster • TBC Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship (ASDS) • Astrobotic Griffin Lunar Lander • Trans-Lunar Injection (TLI) • Moon
Mid 2026SpaceX Starship AstroLab FLEX Lunar Lander to the MoonTBC Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) • Kennedy Space Center (KSC) • Starship TBC • Raptor 2 Engines • Trans-Lunar Injection (TLI) • AstroLab Flexible Logistics and Exploration (FLEX) Lunar Rover • Moon
October 2026NASA SpaceX Falcon Heavy NGRST Space TelescopeLaunch Complex 39A (LC-39A) • Kennedy Space Center (KSC) • Falcon Heavy TBC Core • TBC Reusable Side Booster • TBC Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship (ASDS) • TBC Reusable Side Booster • TBC Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship (ASDS) • NASA Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope (NGRST) • Sun-Earth Lagrange Point 2 (L2)

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Recent SpaceX LC-39A Rocket Launches to Space & Events

DateMissionNotes
2023-05-21 21:37 UTCAxiom SpaceX Ax-2 Private Crew to International Space Station (ISS)Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) • Kennedy Space Center (KSC) • Falcon 9 Block 5 B1080.1 First Flight Reuseable • Return to Landing Site (RTLS) Landing Zone 1 (LZ-1) • Crew Dragon C212.2 Freedom Flight 2 • 7 of 9 days • Low Earth Orbit (LEO) • International Space Station (ISS) • Axiom Space • Advisory
2023-05-01 00:26 UTCSpaceX Falcon Heavy ViaSat-3 Americas & Arcturus (Aurora 4A)Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) • Kennedy Space Center (KSC) • Falcon Heavy B1068.1 First Flight Expendable Core | B1052.8 Flight 8 Expendable Side Booster | B1053.3 Flight 3 Expendable Side Booster • Viasat ViaSat-3 • Astranis Arcturus | Pacific Dataport Aurora Satellite System • Exolaunch 16 U ExoPod | Gravity Space G-Space 1 (GS-1) • Geosynchronous Equatorial Orbit (GEO) • Press Kit • FCC • Advisory
2023-03-15 00:30 UTCNASA SpaceX CRS-27 to International Space Station (ISS)Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) • Kennedy Space Center (KSC) • Falcon 9 Block 5 B1073.7 Flight 7 Reuseable • A Shortfall of Gravitas (ASOG) Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship (ASDS) • Cargo Dragon C209.3 Flight 3 • 32 days • NASA Commercial Resupply Service Phase 2 (CRS-2) • Educational Launch of Nanosatellites (ELaNa) 50 • Department of Defense (DoD) Space Test Program Houston 9 (STP-H9) • Expedition 68 • Low Earth Orbit (LEO) • International Space Station (ISS) • Advisory
2023-03-02 05:34 UTCNASA SpaceX Crew-6 to International Space Station (ISS)Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) • Kennedy Space Center (KSC) • Falcon 9 Block 5 B1078.1 First Flight Reuseable • Just Read the Instructions (JRTI) Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship (ASDS) • Crew Dragon C206.4 Endeavour Flight 4 • NASA Commercial Crew Program (CCP) • Expedition 68 • Low Earth Orbit (LEO) • International Space Station (ISS) • Docked 87 days • Press Kit • FCC • Advisory
2023-01-15 22:56 UTCClassified SpaceX USSF-67 Falcon Heavy LDPE-3ALaunch Complex 39A (LC-39A) • Kennedy Space Center (KSC) • United States Space Force (USSF) • National Security Space Launch (NSSL) Phase 2 • Falcon Heavy B1070.1 First Flight Expendable Core • B1064.2 Flight 2 Reusable Side Booster • Return to Landing Site (RTLS) Landing Zone 1 (LZ-1) • B1065.2 Flight 2 Reusable Side Booster • Return to Landing Site (RTLS) Landing Zone 2 (LZ-2) • Continuous Broadcast Augmenting SATCOM 2 (CBAS 2) • Long Duration Propulsive ESPA (LDPE-3A) | Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) → National Security Space Launch (NSSL) | EELV Secondary Payload Adapter (ESPA) | Space Systems Command (SSC) Catcher & WASSAT | Three Space Rapid Capabilities Office (Space RCO) Payloads • Geosynchronous Equatorial Orbit (GEO) • Press Kit • FCC • Advisory
2022-12-08 22:27 UTCSpaceX OneWeb 1 Launch 15Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) • Kennedy Space Center (KSC) • Falcon 9 Block 5 B1069.4 Flight 4 • Return to Landing Site (RTLS) Landing Zone 1 (LZ-1) • OneWeb Launch 15 • 40 OneWeb Gen 1 • Low Earth Orbit (LEO) • Advisory
2022-11-26 19:20 UTCNASA SpaceX CRS-26 to International Space Station (ISS)Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) • Kennedy Space Center (KSC) • Falcon 9 Block 5 B1076.1 First Flight Reuseable • Just Read the Instructions (JRTI) Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship (ASDS) • Cargo Dragon C211.1 First Flight • 46 days • NASA Commercial Resupply Service Phase 2 (CRS-2) • Educational Launch of Nanosatellites (ELaNa) 49 • Expedition 68 • Low Earth Orbit (LEO) • International Space Station (ISS) • Docked 43 days • Advisory
2022-11-01 13:41 UTCClassified SpaceX USSF-44 Falcon Heavy LDPE-2Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) • Kennedy Space Center (KSC) • United States Space Force (USSF) • National Security Space Launch (NSSL) Phase 2 • Falcon Heavy B1066.1 First Flight Expendable Core • B1064.1 First Flight Reusable Side Booster | Return to Landing Site (RTLS) Landing Zone 1 (LZ-1) • B1065.1 First Flight Reusable Side Booster | Return to Landing Site (RTLS) Landing Zone 2 (LZ-2) • Long Duration Propulsive ESPA (LDPE-2) • Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) → National Security Space Launch (NSSL) • EELV Secondary Payload Adapter (ESPA) • Northrop Grumman ESPAStar • Millennium Space Systems Tetra-1 • Lockheed Martin In-space Upgrade Satellite System (LINUSS) 1 & 2 • Geosynchronous Equatorial Orbit (GEO) • FCC • Advisory
2022-10-05 16:00 UTCNASA SpaceX Crew-5 to International Space Station (ISS)Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) • Kennedy Space Center (KSC) • Falcon 9 Block 5 B1077.1 First Flight Reuseable • Just Read the Instructions (JRTI) Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship (ASDS) • Crew Dragon C210.2 Endurance Flight 2 • 157 days • NASA Commercial Crew Program (CCP) • Expedition 68 • Low Earth Orbit (LEO) • International Space Station (ISS) • Docked 155 days • Press Kit • FCC • Advisory
2022-09-11 01:20 UTCSpaceX BlueWalker 3 (BW3) Rideshare Starlink 4-2Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) • Kennedy Space Center (KSC) • Falcon 9 Block 5 B1058.14 Flight 14 Reuseable • A Shortfall of Gravitas (ASOG) Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship (ASDS) • 34 Starlink v1.5 Satellites • AST SpaceMobile • Low Earth Orbit (LEO) • FCC • Advisory
2022-07-15 00:44 UTCNASA SpaceX CRS-25 to International Space Station (ISS)Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) • Kennedy Space Center (KSC) • Falcon 9 Block 5 B1067.5 Flight 5 • A Shortfall of Gravitas (ASOG) Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship (ASDS) • Cargo Dragon C208.3 Flight 3 • 37 days • NASA Commercial Resupply Service Phase 2 (CRS-2) • Educational Launch of Nanosatellites (ELaNa) 45 • Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation (EMIT) Earth Venture-Instrument (EVI-4) • Nanoracks • Expedition 67 • Low Earth Orbit (LEO) • International Space Station (ISS) • Docked 34 days • FCC • Advisory
2022-04-27 07:52 UTCNASA SpaceX Crew-4 to International Space Station (ISS)Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) • Kennedy Space Center (KSC) • Falcon 9 Block 5 B1067.4 Flight 4 Reuseable • A Shortfall of Gravitas (ASOG) Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship (ASDS) • Crew Dragon C212.1 Freedom First Flight • 171 days • NASA Commercial Crew Program (CCP) • Expedition 67 • Low Earth Orbit (LEO) • International Space Station (ISS) • Docked 170 days • FCC
2022-04-08 15:17 UTCAxiom SpaceX Ax-1 Private Crew to International Space Station (ISS)Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) • Kennedy Space Center (KSC) • Falcon 9 Block 5 B1062.5 Flight 5 Reuseable • A Shortfall of Gravitas (ASOG) Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship (ASDS) • Crew Dragon C206.3 Endeavour Flight 3 • 17 days • Low Earth Orbit (LEO) • International Space Station (ISS) • Docked 16 days • Axiom Space
2021-12-21 10:07 UTCNASA SpaceX CRS-24 to International Space Station (ISS)Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) • Kennedy Space Center (KSC) • Falcon 9 Block 5 B1069.1 First Flight • Just Read the Instructions (JRTI) Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship (ASDS) • Cargo Dragon C209.2 Flight 2 • 34 days • NASA Commercial Resupply Service Phase 2 (CRS-2) • Educational Launch of Nanosatellites (ELaNa) 38 • Montana State University (MSU) Radiation Tolerant Computer (RadPC-AI) • Low Earth Orbit (LEO) • International Space Station (ISS) • Docked 32 days
2021-11-11 02:03 UTCNASA SpaceX Crew-3 to International Space Station (ISS)Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) • Kennedy Space Center (KSC) • Falcon 9 Block 5 B1067.2 Flight 2 Reuseable • A Shortfall of Gravitas (ASOG) Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship (ASDS) • Crew Dragon C210.1 Endurance First Flight • 176 days • NASA Commercial Crew Program (CCP) • Expedition 66 • Expedition 67 • Low Earth Orbit (LEO) • International Space Station (ISS) • Docked 174 days
2021-09-16 00:02 UTCPrivate SpaceX Inspiration-4 Crew to Low Earth Orbit (LEO)Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) • Kennedy Space Center (KSC) • Falcon 9 Block 5 B1062.3 Flight 3 Reuseable • Just Read the Instructions (JRTI) Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship (ASDS) • Crew Dragon C207.2 Resilience Flight 2 • 3 days • Megan (GO Searcher) Recovery Vessel
2021-04-23 09:49 UTCNASA SpaceX Crew-2 to International Space Station (ISS)Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) • Kennedy Space Center (KSC) • Falcon 9 Block 5 B1061.2 Flight 2 Reuseable • Of Course I Still Love You (OCISLY) Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship (ASDS) • Crew Dragon C206.2 Endeavour Flight 2 • 200 days • NASA Commercial Crew Program (CCP) • Expedition 65 • Expedition 66 • Low Earth Orbit (LEO) • International Space Station (ISS) • Docked 198 days
2020-11-16 00:27 UTCNASA SpaceX Crew-1 to International Space Station (ISS)Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) • Kennedy Space Center (KSC) • Falcon 9 Block 5 B1061.1 First Flight Reuseable • Just Read the Instructions (JRTI) Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship (ASDS) • Crew Dragon C207.1 Resilience First Flight • 167 days • NASA Commercial Crew Program (CCP) • Expedition 64 • Expedition 65 • Low Earth Orbit (LEO) • International Space Station (ISS) • Docked 166 days
2019-06-25 06:30 UTCSpaceX Falcon Heavy STP-2Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) • Kennedy Space Center (KSC) • Falcon Heavy B1057.1 First Flight Lost • Of Course I Still Love You (OCISLY) Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship (ASDS) • B1052.2 Flight 2 Side Booster | Return to Landing Site (RTLS) Landing Zone 1 (LZ-1) • B1053.2 Flight 2 Side Booster | Return to Landing Site (RTLS) Landing Zone 2 (LZ-2) • USAF Space Test Program (STP) • Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Medium Earth Orbit (MEO)
2019-04-11 22:35 UTCSpaceX Falcon Heavy Arabsat 6ALaunch Complex 39A (LC-39A) • Kennedy Space Center (KSC) • Falcon Heavy B1055.1 First Flight • Of Course I Still Love You (OCISLY) Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship (ASDS) • B1052.1 First Flight Side Booster | Return to Landing Site (RTLS) Landing Zone 1 (LZ-1) • B1053.1 First Flight Side Booster | Return to Landing Site (RTLS) Landing Zone 2 (LZ-2) • Arabsat • Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO) • FCC
2018-02-06 20:45 UTCSpaceX Falcon Heavy Test FlightLaunch Complex 39A (LC-39A) • Kennedy Space Center (KSC) • Falcon Heavy B1033.1 First Flight • Of Course I Still Love You (OCISLY) Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship (ASDS) • B1023.2 Flight 2 Converted F9 Side Booster | Return to Landing Site (RTLS) Landing Zone 1 (LZ-1) • B1025.2 Flight 2 Converted F9 Side Booster | Return to Landing Site (RTLS) Landing Zone 2 (LZ-2) • Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster & Starman • Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO) | Heliosynchronous Orbit • Trans-Mars Injection (TMI) • FCC

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