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Brevard Space Coast SpaceX ULA NASA rocket launch sites
A quick look at the rockets launching from different Brevard launch sites.
This year, officials expect Florida's Space Coast — home to NASA's Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Space Force Station — to break the newly set 2023 annual record of 72 orbital rocket launches, with SpaceX's workhorse Falcon 9 rocket accounting for the most. mission.
Here is the list of 2024 launches so far from Cape Canaveral:
1. Offson-3
The Ovzon-3 communications satellite was launched from the SpaceX Falcon 9 at 6:04 pm on January 3 from the CCSFS 40 launch complex.
Ovzone-3: The SpaceX Ovzon-3 satellite mission marks the first launch from the Space Coast during 2024
2. SpaceX Starlink 6-35
SpaceX launched a constellation of Internet-broadcasting Starlink satellites aboard the Falcon 9 at 5:35 p.m. on January 7 from CCSFS Launch Complex 40. Note: The liftoff occurred just eight hours and 43 minutes before United Launch Alliance's historic Vulcan launch.
Starlink 6-35: A ULA Vulcan rocket launches without delay on historic maiden flight from Cape Canaveral
3. The maiden flight of ULA Vulcan Cert-1
United Launch Alliance's next-generation Vulcan rocket flew its first certification mission at 2:18 a.m. Jan. 8 from pad KSC 39A.
Certificate-1: A ULA Vulcan rocket launches without delay on historic maiden flight from Cape Canaveral
4. SpaceX Starlink 6-37
SpaceX launched a group of Internet-broadcasting Starlink satellites aboard a Falcon 9 at 8:52 p.m. on January 14 from CCSFS Launch Complex 40.
Starlink 6-37: SpaceX launches Falcon 9 rocket Sunday; The manned Axiom Space mission will launch next Wednesday
5. Ax-3 manned mission
Axiom Space sent its third crew of private astronauts to the International Space Station aboard a SpaceX Dragon and Falcon 9 capsule at 4:49 p.m. on January 18 from pad KSC 39A.
Ax 3: The Ax-3 mission transports 4 private European astronauts to the International Space Station
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