Launch Timeline

Timeline for Falcon 9 launch of Starlink satellites

November 11, 2019

Follow the key events of the Falcon 9 rocket’s ascent to orbit 60 satellites for SpaceX’s Starlink broadband network.

Antares launch timeline on the NG-12 mission

November 2, 2019

Northrop Grumman’s Antares rocket will deliver a Cygnus supply ship into orbit Saturday to begin a two-day pursuit of the International Space Station.

Timeline for Pegasus XL’s launch with NASA’s ICON satellite

October 9, 2019

Northrop Grumman’s Pegasus XL rocket will take about 11 minutes to place NASA’s Ionospheric Connection Explorer, or ICON, satellite into a roughly 357-mile-high (575-kilometer) orbit after an airborne launch off Florida’s east coast.

Delta 4 rocket’s launch timeline with GPS 3 SV02

August 22, 2019

A United Launch Alliance Delta 4 rocket will deliver the U.S. Air Force’s second GPS 3-series navigation satellite into an elliptical transfer orbit nearly two hours after liftoff from Cape Canaveral.

Atlas 5 launch timeline on the AEHF 5 mission

August 8, 2019

A United Launch Atlas 5 rocket is set to launch the U.S. Air Force’s fifth Advanced Extremely High Frequency communications satellite from Cape Canaveral. This timeline shows the major mission events planned over a nearly six-hour flight to an optimized geostationary transfer orbit.

Vega launch timeline with Falcon Eye 1

July 10, 2019

The Falcon Eye 1 military reconnaissance satellite for the United Arab Emirates is set to ride a Vega launcher into a 379-mile-high (611-kilometer) orbit Wednesday night from French Guiana on a mission that will take less than one hour from liftoff until spacecraft separation.

Timeline for Falcon 9 launch of Starlink satellites

Antares launch timeline on the NG-12 mission

Timeline for Pegasus XL’s launch with NASA’s ICON satellite

Delta 4 rocket’s launch timeline with GPS 3 SV02

Atlas 5 launch timeline on the AEHF 5 mission

Vega launch timeline with Falcon Eye 1

Launch timeline for Rocket Lab’s “Make it Rain” mission

Launch timeline for Falcon Heavy’s first launch for the U.S. Air Force

Timeline of the Falcon 9 rocket’s launch of the Radarsat Constellation Mission

Falcon 9 launch timeline for the Starlink 1 mission