Upcoming Rocket Launches From Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral
By Space Coast Daily // August 21, 2017
SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket set to launch

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Date:September 7, 2017
Vehicle: SpaceX Falcon 9
Mission: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the U.S. military’s X-37B, a spaceplane also called the Orbital Test Vehicle, on the program’s fifth mission.
Launch Site: Kennedy Space Center- Launch site LC-39A
Launch Window:TBD

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Date:September 25, 2017
Vehicle: Atlas V
Mission: A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket, designated AV-075, will launch a classified spacecraft payload for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office. The rocket will fly in the 421 vehicle configuration with a four-meter fairing, two solid rocket boosters and a single-engine Centaur upper stage.
Launch Site:SLC-41, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
Launch Window:TBD

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Date: TBD
Vehicle: SpaceX Falcon 9
Mission: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the SES-11/EchoStar 105 hybrid communications satellite to replace the AMC-15 and AMC-18 satellites. As SES-11, the spacecraft’s C-band capacity will provide replacement capacity for SES of Luxembourg for AMC-18. EchoStar Corp. of Englewood, Colorado, will market the Ku-Band transponder capacity, with coverage of the 50 U.S. states, the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean, as EchoStar 105, replacing AMC-15. Delayed from October and November.
Launch Site: Kennedy Space Center- Launch site LC-39A
Launch Window: TBD

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Date: TBD
Vehicle: SpaceX Falcon 9
Mission: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the Koreasat 5A communications satellite for KTsat based in South Korea. Koreasat 5A will provide direct-to-home television broadcast and other communications services over Korea, Japan, the Philippines, Guam, Indochina, and South Asia. The satellite will also support maritime communications.
Launch Site: Kennedy Space Center- Launch site LC-39A
Launch Window: TBD

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Date: TBD
Vehicle: SpaceX Falcon Heavy
Mission: A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket will launch on its first demonstration flight. The heavy-lift rocket is formed of three Falcon 9 rocket cores strapped together with 27 Merlin 1D engines firing at liftoff.
**Delayed from 3rd Quarter of 2015 and April, September and December 2016. Delayed from 1st Quarter 2017 and 2nd Quarter 2017.**
Launch Site: Kennedy Space Center- Launch site LC-39A
Launch Window: TBD

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