SPACE COAST LAUNCH SCHEDULE
- Date: Friday, March 15
- Vehicle: ULA Delta IV
- Missions: 10th Wideband Global SATCOM spacecraft
- Launch Site: Space Launch Complex-37, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
- Launch Window: Opens at 6:56 p.m. ET
A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket sits on Launch Pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center ahead of the rocket's 1st test flight, which will carry a Tesla Roadster into space. (SpaceX)
SPACE LINKS
- Space Weather Prediction Center
- NASA.gov
- Kennedy Space Center
- 45th Space Wing at Patrick Air Force Base (Cape Canaveral Air Force Station)
- NASA Spaceflight
- Space.com
- Space Today
- 30th Space Wing at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California
- Vandenberg Air Force Base Launch Schedule
- Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala.
- International Space Station
MARCH 2019
- Date: No earlier than March
- Vehicle: SpaceX Falcon Heavy
- Mission: Arabsat 6A
- Launch Site: Space Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center
- Launch Window: TBA
APRIL 2019
- Vehicle: ULA Atlas V
- Mission: Boeing Starliner crew capsule test (capsule will be unmanned for test flight)
- Launch Site: Space Launch Complex 41, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
- Launch Window: TBA
- Launch Date: No earlier than April
JUNE 2019
- Date: June 12
- Vehicle: Orion test vehicle aboard an Orbital ATK booster rocket
- Mission: Test of Orion's Ascent Abort-2. This will not go into space but will be a test of the spacecraft's capability to separate from a rocket during a launch abort. Orion test vehicle, which will eventually carry humans, will separate from booster at 31,000 feet
- Launch Site: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
- Launch Window: TBA
JULY 2019
- Vehicle: SpaceX Falcon 9
- Mission: Dragon crew capsule flight test to ISS (with 2 NASA astronauts aboard)
- Launch Site: Space Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center
- Launch Window: TBA
AUGUST 2019
- Vehicle: ULA Altas V
- Mission: Boeing Starliner crew capsule flight test to ISS (with 2 crew members aboard)
- Launch Site: Space Launch Complex 41, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
- Launch Window: TBA
(Sources: SpaceX, NASA, United Launch Alliance, 45th Space Wing, Boeing, Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, Lockheed Martin)