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Watch a live view of the Falcon 9 on the launch pad (members only)

December 4, 2019 Spaceflight Now

SpaceX is gearing up for the launch of a Falcon 9 rocket from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 12:51 p.m. EST (1751 GMT) Wednesday. The two-stage launcher will haul an automated Dragon cargo freighter into orbit en route to the International Space Station.

Starliner coverage: Watch live video of launch pad 41 (members only)

December 3, 2019 Spaceflight Now

Watch live views of launch complex 41 at Cape Canaveral as United Launch Alliance and Boeing get ready for an uncrewed test flight of the Starliner commercial space capsule.

Falcon 9 launches Starlink satellites (members only)

November 11, 2019 Spaceflight Now

SpaceX launches a Falcon 9 rocket carrying 60 broadband satellites into orbit for the company’s Starlink constellation as seen from the Kennedy Space Center Press Site.

Watch the static fire of the Falcon 9 being readied for Starlink mission

November 5, 2019 Spaceflight Now

A Falcon 9 rocket fires its nine Merlin first stage engines at Cape Canaveral’s launch pad 40 Nov. 5, 2019, as part of a routine pre-launch test. The successful static fire clears the way for the launch of 60 Starlink satellites, currently scheduled for Nov. 11.

Starliner coverage: Live from launch pad 41 (members only)

October 29, 2019 Spaceflight Now

Watch live views of launch complex 41 at Cape Canaveral as United Launch Alliance and Boeing get ready for an uncrewed test flight of the Starliner commercial space capsule.

Delta 4 launch seen from press viewing site (members only)

August 22, 2019 Spaceflight Now

The final Delta 4 Medium rocket lifts off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on August 22, 2019, carrying into orbit the U.S. Air Force’s GPS 3 SV02 navigation satellite.

Watch SpaceX Dragon launch pad escape system testing

August 9, 2019 Spaceflight Now

A slide wire escape system has been undergoing tests at launch pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in readiness for the first SpaceX Crew Dragon flight to carry astronauts to the International Space Station.

Atlas 5 launches AEHF 5 as seen from Kennedy Space Center (members only)

August 8, 2019 Spaceflight Now

An Atlas 5 lifts off at dawn creating a spectacular sky show as it races toward orbit carrying the fifth Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF 5) communications satellite for the U.S. Air Force.

Watch replays of the Orion inflight abort test

July 2, 2019 Spaceflight Now

Watch replays from launch pad and tracking cameras of the Orion AA-2 inflight abort test conducted at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on July 2, 2019.

Orion abort test post-launch briefing (members only)

July 2, 2019 Spaceflight Now

Watch NASA’s Orion inflight abort test post-launch news briefing, held at the Kennedy Space Center two hours after the test.