Cape Canaveral Rocket Launch Viewing

Once in a Lifetime Experience

Below is our current list of rocket launches that are scheduled to takeoff from the Cape Canaveral Kennedy Space Center. To reserve a pending launch charter, click Request Viewing for the launch that you would like to attend.

Once the launch has been confirmed, you will recieve confirmation and charter details.

It's important to note that while we strive to provide accurate and up-to-date information, the nature of rocket launches is complex and unpredictable, therefore are subject to last minute cancellations.

TBD

Amazon Leo (LV-01) Mission

$300
Plus Gratuity
United Launch Alliance
Vulcan VC6L
November 13, 2026
NET 19:11 EDT
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Mission Description

Amazon Leo, formerly known as Project Kuiper, is a mega constellation of satellites in Low Earth Orbit that will offer broadband internet access, this constellation will be managed by Kuiper Systems LLC, a subsidiary of Amazon. This constellation is planned to be composed of 3,276 satellites.

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Cygnus CRS-2 NG-25 Mission

$300
Plus Gratuity
SpaceX
Falcon 9
November 29, 2026
NET 10:11 EDT
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Mission Description

This is the 25th flight of the Orbital ATK's uncrewed resupply spacecraft Cygnus and its 24th flight to the International Space Station under the Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA.

TBD

SDA Tranche 2 Transport Layer D Mission

$300
Plus Gratuity
SpaceX
Falcon 9
December 31, 2026
NET 19:12 EDT
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Mission Description

Classified mission launched by the Space Development Agency (SDA) for Tranche 2 Transport Layer.

TBD

Blue Ring-1 Mission

$300
Plus Gratuity
Blue Origin
New Glenn
December 31, 2026
NET 19:12 EDT
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Mission Description

The first mission of Blue Ring, Blue Origin's all-in-one, high-powered hybrid solar electric and chemical propelled spacecraft, will test the spacecraft's operations in Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO), as well as subsequent operations after reaching Geostationary Orbit (GEO).

TBD

BlueBird 14-16 (Block 2 #9-11) Mission

$300
Plus Gratuity
SpaceX
Falcon 9
December 31, 2026
NET 19:12 EDT
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Mission Description

TBD

CHORUS Mission

$300
Plus Gratuity
SpaceX
Falcon 9
December 31, 2026
NET 19:12 EDT
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Mission Description

CHORUS is MDA's next generation Earth observation constellation, consisting of 2 radar satellites (C-band SAR and X-band SAR), in a 53.5 degree 600 km altitude LEO, with the X-band trailing the C-band by 60 minutes.

TBD

Inmarsat-7 F1 (GX-7) Mission

$300
Plus Gratuity
SpaceX
Falcon 9
December 31, 2026
NET 19:12 EDT
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Mission Description

Inmarsat-7 is the seventh generation of satellites for the London-based global mobile satellite communications operator Inmarsat. The three satellites of the series - GX-7, 8 & 9 - will have an improved fully reconfigurable Ka-band payload for Inmarsat's Global Xpress services.

TBD

Dream Chaser CRS 2 Flight 1 Mission

$300
Plus Gratuity
United Launch Alliance
Vulcan VC4L
December 31, 2026
NET 19:12 EDT
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Mission Description

First flight of the Dream Chaser Spaceplane, on a free-flying mission in Low Earth Orbit.

TBD

Globalstar 2-R Mission 2 (x 9) Mission

$300
Plus Gratuity
SpaceX
Falcon 9
December 31, 2026
NET 19:12 EDT
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Mission Description

The Globalstar global mobile communications network offers global, digital real time voice, data and fax services via its Low Earth Orbit satellite constellation. The constellation operates in a 1410 km orbit inclined at 52 degrees. In early 2022, Globalstar contracted with MDA for the construction of 17 new 2nd generation refresh satellites to replenish the existing constellation.

TBD

SDA Tranche 2 Tracking Layer A Mission

$300
Plus Gratuity
SpaceX
Falcon 9
December 31, 2026
NET 19:12 EDT
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Mission Description

Classified mission launched by the Space Development Agency (SDA) for Tranche 2 Tracking Layer.

TBD

SDA Tranche 2 Tracking Layer B Mission

$300
Plus Gratuity
SpaceX
Falcon 9
December 31, 2026
NET 19:12 EDT
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Mission Description

Classified mission launched by the Space Development Agency (SDA) for Tranche 2 Tracking Layer.

TBD

USSF-31 Mission

$300
Plus Gratuity
SpaceX
Falcon 9
December 31, 2026
NET 19:12 EDT
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Mission Description

Classified US Space Force carrying two payloads directly to geostationary orbit.

TBD

VICTUS SURGO Mission

$300
Plus Gratuity
SpaceX
Falcon 9
December 31, 2026
NET 19:12 EDT
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Mission Description

A new Tactically Responsive Space (TacRS) mission by the United States Space Force Space Systems Command to deliver responsive space delivery. The mission consists of an Impulse Space Mira orbital transfer vehicle that will operate in Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GTO), which would be transferred from Low Earth Orbit (LEO) on an Impulse Space Helios kick stage.

TBD

Amazon Leo (LN-01) Mission

$300
Plus Gratuity
Blue Origin
New Glenn
December 31, 2026
NET 19:12 EDT
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Mission Description

Amazon Leo, formerly known as Project Kuiper, is a mega constellation of satellites in Low Earth Orbit that will offer broadband internet access, this constellation will be managed by Kuiper Systems LLC, a subsidiary of Amazon. This constellation is planned to be composed of 3,276 satellites.

TBD

BlueBird Block 2 Mission

$300
Plus Gratuity
Blue Origin
New Glenn
December 31, 2026
NET 19:12 EDT
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Mission Description

TBD

Intelsat-1 Mission

$300
Plus Gratuity
Relativity Space
Terran R
December 31, 2026
NET 19:12 EDT
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Mission Description

First mission part of a multi-year, multi-launch agreement signed between Intelsat and Relativity Space in 2023.

TBD

Mars Lander Mission

$300
Plus Gratuity
Relativity Space
Terran R
December 31, 2026
NET 19:12 EDT
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Mission Description

Impulse Space's Mars Lander is designed to support research and development needed for human exploration of Mars.

TBD

Owlet-01 Mission

$300
Plus Gratuity
Unknown
Unknown Launch Vehicle
December 31, 2026
NET 19:12 EDT
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Mission Description

Telescope satellite for Scout Space, a startup specializing in space domain awareness through in-space observation.

TBD

VCLS Demo 2 Mission One Mission

$300
Plus Gratuity
Unknown
Unknown Launch Vehicle
December 31, 2026
NET 19:12 EDT
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Mission Description

Payload consists of a single 30 kg NASA payload to be delivered to a 500 km orbit with a 41 degrees inclination.

TBD

NROL-109 Mission

$300
Plus Gratuity
United Launch Alliance
Vulcan
December 31, 2026
NET 19:12 EDT
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Mission Description

Classified payload for the US National Reconnaissance Office

TBD

NROL-56 Mission

$300
Plus Gratuity
United Launch Alliance
Vulcan
December 31, 2026
NET 19:12 EDT
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Mission Description

Classified payload for the US National Reconnaissance Office

TBD

NROL-64 Mission

$300
Plus Gratuity
United Launch Alliance
Vulcan
December 31, 2026
NET 19:12 EDT
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Mission Description

Classified payload for the US National Reconnaissance Office

TBD

SILENTBARKER 2/NROL-118 Mission

$300
Plus Gratuity
United Launch Alliance
Vulcan
December 31, 2026
NET 19:12 EDT
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Mission Description

Space domain awareness mission for the US Department of Defense.

TBD

USSF-16 Mission

$300
Plus Gratuity
United Launch Alliance
Vulcan
December 31, 2026
NET 19:12 EDT
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Mission Description

Classified payload for the US Space Force.

TBD

USSF-23 Mission

$300
Plus Gratuity
United Launch Alliance
Vulcan
December 31, 2026
NET 19:12 EDT
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Mission Description

Classified payload for the US Space Force.

TBD

USSF-43 Mission

$300
Plus Gratuity
United Launch Alliance
Vulcan
December 31, 2026
NET 19:12 EDT
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Mission Description

Classified payload for the US Space Force.

TBD

USSF-57 Mission

$300
Plus Gratuity
United Launch Alliance
Vulcan
December 31, 2026
NET 19:12 EDT
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Mission Description

First of three Next Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared geostationary satellites designed for missile warning.

TBD

WGS-11 Mission

$300
Plus Gratuity
United Launch Alliance
Vulcan
December 31, 2026
NET 19:12 EDT
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Mission Description

Last mission of the Wideband Global SatCom (WGS) series.

TBD

Starliner-1 Mission

$300
Plus Gratuity
United Launch Alliance
Atlas V N22
January 14, 2027
NET 19:01 EDT
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Mission Description

Starliner-1 is the first operational flight of a Starliner spacecraft to the International Space Station as part of NASA's Commercial Crew Program. Due to problems with the Starliner spacecraft's RCS attitude control system during the Crew Flight Test mission in 2024, this mission has been re-scoped to not carry a crew by NASA.

TBD

Axiom Space Mission 5 Mission

$300
Plus Gratuity
SpaceX
Falcon 9
January 31, 2027
NET 19:01 EDT
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Mission Description

This is a Crew Dragon flight for a private company Axiom Space. The mission will carry a professionally trained commander alongside three private astronauts to and from the International Space Station for a month.

TBD

SDA Tranche 2 Transport Layer C Mission

$300
Plus Gratuity
SpaceX
Falcon 9
January 31, 2027
NET 19:01 EDT
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Mission Description

Classified mission launched by the Space Development Agency (SDA) for Tranche 2 Transport Layer.

TBD

SICRAL 3B Mission

$300
Plus Gratuity
SpaceX
Falcon 9
November 30, 2027
NET 19:11 EDT
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Mission Description

SICRAL 3A and 3B are next generation communication satellites for the Italian Ministry of Defence, providing UHF and SHF communications services in replacement of SICRAL 2 and adding Ka-band capacities. One of the satellites will provide UHF and SHF band communications, while the other carries a Ka-band payload.

TBD

Thor 8 Mission

$300
Plus Gratuity
SpaceX
Falcon 9
December 31, 2027
NET 19:12 EDT
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Mission Description

Thor 8 is a multi-purpose communications satellite for Space Norway. The satellite will both replace older satellites being phased out in the coming years and provide increased capacity and service offerings that offers capacity for both data services and broadcasting, such as high power direct-to-home (DTH) television services, from the 1° West orbital position.

TBD

Blue Moon Pathfinder Mission 2 & VIPER Mission

$300
Plus Gratuity
Blue Origin
New Glenn
December 31, 2027
NET 19:12 EDT
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Mission Description

2nd of the National Team’s Blue Moon MK1 lunar lander test missions to validate the necessary technologies for its HLS lunar module. Some of the life support hardware will travel on this mission in preparation for the first crew Blue Moon flight. This mission will also carry NASA’s VIPER (Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover) lunar rover.

TBD

Al Yah 4 Mission

$300
Plus Gratuity
SpaceX
Falcon 9
December 31, 2027
NET 19:12 EDT
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Mission Description

Geostationary communications satellite built by Airbus Defence and Space for Emirati satellite operator Yahsat.

TBD

FOO Fighter (F2) Mission

$300
Plus Gratuity
SpaceX
Falcon 9
December 31, 2027
NET 19:12 EDT
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Mission Description

Classified mission launched by the Space Development Agency (SDA) with eight Fire-control On Orbit-support-to-the-war Fighter (F2) satellites built by Millennium Space Systems.

TBD

GEO-KOMPSAT-3 Mission

$300
Plus Gratuity
SpaceX
Falcon 9
December 31, 2027
NET 19:12 EDT
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Mission Description

3.7-ton South Korean geostationary communications satellite also known as Chollian-3. Designed to replace GEO-Kompsat-1 launched in 2010, it features advanced payloads for communications, disaster prevention, maritime safety and the safe flight of aircraft

TBD

Nova-C IM-4 & 2 Lunar Data Relay Satellites Mission

$300
Plus Gratuity
SpaceX
Falcon 9
December 31, 2027
NET 19:12 EDT
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Mission Description

This is the fourth mission to the Moon for Intuitive Machines with its Nova-C lunar lander. This mission also carries two lunar data relay satellites.

TBD

Blue Ghost Lunar Lander Mission 2 Mission

$300
Plus Gratuity
SpaceX
Falcon 9
December 31, 2027
NET 19:12 EDT
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Mission Description

2nd lunar lander developed by Firefly Aerospace. The Blue Ghost lander will be of a new two-stage version utilizing an Elytra Dark transfer vehicle to place it and the European Space Agency's Lunar Pathfinder experimental communication satellite into Lunar orbit.

TBD

Chinggis Sat Mission

$300
Plus Gratuity
SpaceX
Falcon 9
December 31, 2027
NET 19:12 EDT
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Mission Description

Chinggis Sat is a Mongolian national geostationary orbit telecommunications satellite for the Mongolia Ministry of Digital Development and Communications. Thales Alenia Space will be responsible for construction of the high-performance Ku-Band satellite.

TBD

COMSATBw 3 Sparrow Mission

$300
Plus Gratuity
SpaceX
Falcon 9
December 31, 2027
NET 19:12 EDT
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Mission Description

A small geostationary-orbit telecommunications satellite for the German Bundeswehr to be built by OHB SE.

TBD

Crew-15 Mission

$300
Plus Gratuity
SpaceX
Falcon 9
December 31, 2027
NET 19:12 EDT
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Mission Description

SpaceX Crew-15 is the fifteenth crewed operational flight of a Crew Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station as part of NASA's Commercial Crew Program.

TBD

Cygnus CRS-2 NG-22 Mission

$300
Plus Gratuity
SpaceX
Falcon 9
December 31, 2027
NET 19:12 EDT
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Mission Description

The NG-22 Cygnus spacecraft was damaged during transport to Cape Canaveral in March 2025 and was shipped back to factory for repairs.

TBD

JSAT-32 Mission

$300
Plus Gratuity
SpaceX
Falcon 9
December 31, 2027
NET 19:12 EDT
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Mission Description

JSAT-32 is a geostationary communication satellite for SKY Perfect JSAT. Operating in the Ku and Ka frequency bands, JSAT-32 will provide coverage over Japan and its surrounding seas, with newly added spot beams for mobility applications. JSAT-32 will serve as a future replacement for existing SKY Perfect JSAT satellites that provide communication and distribution services in Japan.

TBD

Skynet 6A Mission

$300
Plus Gratuity
SpaceX
Falcon 9
December 31, 2027
NET 19:12 EDT
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Mission Description

The Skynet 6A gap-filler military communications satellite built by Airbus Defence and Space to cover the gap between the Britisch Skynet-5 network and its successor. Skynet 6A was solesourced from Airbus Defence and Space in 2017, but was not fully funded until July 2020. Aibus will build the Skynet-6A satellite in the United Kingdom and arrange a 2025 launch. RAL Space, a U.K.

TBD

Telesat Lightspeed 10 Mission

$300
Plus Gratuity
SpaceX
Falcon 9
December 31, 2027
NET 19:12 EDT
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Mission Description

Up to 18 satellites manufactured by MDA for Canadian satellite operator Telesat's Lightspeed constellation.

TBD

Telesat Lightspeed 11 Mission

$300
Plus Gratuity
SpaceX
Falcon 9
December 31, 2027
NET 19:12 EDT
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Mission Description

Up to 18 satellites manufactured by MDA for Canadian satellite operator Telesat's Lightspeed constellation.

TBD

Telesat Lightspeed 12 Mission

$300
Plus Gratuity
SpaceX
Falcon 9
December 31, 2027
NET 19:12 EDT
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Mission Description

Up to 18 satellites manufactured by MDA for Canadian satellite operator Telesat's Lightspeed constellation.

TBD

Telesat Lightspeed 13 Mission

$300
Plus Gratuity
SpaceX
Falcon 9
December 31, 2027
NET 19:12 EDT
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Mission Description

Up to 18 satellites manufactured by MDA for Canadian satellite operator Telesat's Lightspeed constellation.

TBD

Telesat Lightspeed 14 Mission

$300
Plus Gratuity
SpaceX
Falcon 9
December 31, 2027
NET 19:12 EDT
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Mission Description

Up to 18 satellites manufactured by MDA for Canadian satellite operator Telesat's Lightspeed constellation.


Watch a Rocket Launch from a Private Boat

See, hear, and feel a captivating rocket launch as you and your family watch in a comfortable, private tour boat. You can take spectacular photos of the launch and your family’s reaction to one of the most incredible events of a lifetime.

  • Launch dates, times, and viewing opportunities are subject to change.
  • Technical and mechanical issues, range operations, and weather can affect launches in advance or at the last minute.
  • TAC Adventures is not responsible for the success of a rocket launch.
Capee Canaveral Rocket Viewing

What You Should Bring

Bring snacks, food, and glass-free beverages to enjoy while watching a Cape Canaveral rocket launch.

You can also bring these items to increase your comfort and enjoyment:

  • Light Colored Clothing (Layered)
  • Boat Shoes
  • Sunscreen
  • Hat and sunglasses
  • Sea Sickness Medications
  • Face Mask
  • Camera
  • Identification
What you should bring on a Cape Canaveral tour
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