Date: Late December 2015 (Exact launch date TBA)
Vehicle: Falcon 9
Mission: SES 9 (SES Communications Satellite)
Launch Site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
Launch Window: Not Yet Announced
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Date: January 2016 (Delayed from Jan. 3)
Vehicle: Falcon 9
Mission: SpaceX CRS 8 (Commercial Resupply Services - Dragon)
Launch Site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
Launch Window: Not Yet Announced
Date: Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2016
Vehicle: Atlas V
Mission: GPS 2F-12 (Air Force Block 2F navigation satellite)
Launch Site: SLC-41, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
Launch Window: 8:49 – 9:08 a.m.
Date: Thursday, March 10, 2016
Vehicle: Atlas V
Mission: OA-6 (ISS cargo mission)
Launch Site: SLC-41, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
Launch Window: Not Yet Announced
Date: Monday, March 21, 2016
Vehicle: Falcon 9
Mission: SpaceX CRS 9 (Commercial Resupply Services - Dragon)
Launch Site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
Launch Window: Not Yet Announced
Date: Early 2016 (Exact launch date TBA)
Vehicle: Falcon 9
Mission: Eutelsat 117 West B & ABS 2A
Launch Site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
Launch Window: Not Yet Announced
Date: Early 2016 (Exact launch date TBA)
Vehicle: Falcon 9
Mission: JCSAT 14 (Sky Perfect JSAT Corp. satellite)
Launch Site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
Launch Window: Not Yet Announced
Date: 1st Quarter 2016 (Exact launch date TBA)
Vehicle: Falcon 9
Mission: Amos 6 (Spacecom of Israel communications satellite)
Launch Site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
Launch Window: Not Yet Announced
Date: April 2016 (Exact launch date TBA)
Vehicle: Falcon Heavy
Mission: Heavy-lift rocket 1st demonstration flight
Launch Site: LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center
Launch Window: Not Yet Announced
Date: Thursday, May 5, 2015
Vehicle: Atlas V
Mission: MUOS-5
Launch Site: SLC-41, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
Launch Window: Not Yet Announced
Date: Thursday, May 12, 2016
Vehicle: Delta IV Heavy
Mission: NROL-37 (National Reconnaissance Office spy satellite)
Launch Site: SLC-37B, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
Launch Window: Not Yet Announced
Date: Friday, June 10, 2016
Vehicle: Falcon 9
Mission: SpaceX CRS 10 (Commercial Resupply Services - Dragon)
Launch Site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
Launch Window: Not Yet Announced
Date: Tuesday, June 14, 2016
Vehicle: Atlas V
Mission: NROL-61 (National Reconnaissance Office classified)
Launch Site: SLC-37B, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
Launch Window: Not Yet Announced
Date: Thursday, July 21, 2016
Vehicle: Delta IV
Mission: AFSPC 6 (Air Force Space Command mission)
Launch Site: SLC-37B, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
Launch Window: Not Yet Announced
Date: Wednesday, July 27, 2016
Vehicle: Atlas V
Mission: SBIRS GEO 3 (Space Based Infrared System Geosynchronous satellite)
Launch Site: SLC-41, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
Launch Window: Not Yet Announced
Date: Monday, Aug. 15, 2016
Vehicle: Falcon 9
Mission: SpaceX CRS 11 (Commercial Resupply Services - Dragon)
Launch Site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
Launch Window: Not Yet Announced
Date: Saturday, Sept. 3, 2016
Vehicle: Atlas V
Mission: OSIRIS-REx (Asteroid sample return mission)
Launch Site: SLC-37B, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
Launch Window: Not Yet Announced
Date: Thursday, Sept. 22, 2016
Vehicle: Delta IV
Mission: WGS 8 (Wideband Global SATCOM spacecraft)
Launch Site: SLC-37B, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
Launch Window: Not Yet Announced
Date: September 2016 (Exact launch date TBA)
Vehicle: Atlas V
Mission: GOES-R (NASA/NOAA weather satellite)
Launch Site: SLC-41, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
Launch Window: Not Yet Announced
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