7.11.2025

Florida rocket launch record set to fall this weekend with SpaceX, Blue Origin liftoffs

The annual orbital rocket launch record on Florida's Space Coast is about to fall by the wayside for the fourth straight year, with the unprecedented 94th liftoff poised to occur this weekend.

Details: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled to lift 29 Starlink broadband satellites into low-Earth orbit during a four-hour launch window extending from 3:30 a.m. to 7:30 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 8, from pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center.

That Starlink mission would tie Florida's latest annual record of 93 launches from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and KSC.

And if SpaceX succeeds, the record-shattering 94th launch is scheduled for Sunday, Nov. 9 — a full 52 days ahead of last year's pace.

What's the driving force behind these new records? SpaceX's workhorse Falcon 9 rockets — which account for 87 of this year's 92 launches — feature first-stage boosters that return to land or touch down atop drone ships in the Atlantic Ocean, Vice President of Launch Kiko Dontchev said. And refurbishing and relaunching boosters accelerates the launch rate to "a mission cadence that the world has never seen before."

Quelle: Florida Today