CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Florida’s Space Coast is gearing up for a busy Friday, with both SpaceX and United Launch Alliance (ULA) targeting liftoffs from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket is set to carry 29 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40)
The launch is targeted at 7:52 a.m. and has a four-hour launch window. The mission marks the 16th flight for the Falcon 9 first stage booster assigned to this launch.
Following stage separation, the booster is set to touch down on SpaceX’s droneship, A Shortfall of Gravitas, stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.
On the pad!
United Launch Alliance transported our Atlas V rocket to its Cape Canaveral launch pad this morning to deliver Amazon Leo 7 into low Earth orbit. Liftoff is planned for tomorrow evening at 7:33 p.m. EDT (2333 UTC).
ULA will launch 29 satellites for this seventh… pic.twitter.com/90mjU0YPra
— ULA (@ulalaunch) May 28, 2026
Not to be outdone, ULA rolled its Atlas V rocket to its Cape Canaveral launch pad ahead of its planned Friday launch.
The rocket is targeting a 7:33 p.m. liftoff carrying 29 satellites for Amazon’s Project Kuiper as part of the Leo 7 mission. The launch window is extended until 8:02 p.m.
The payload matches the largest and heaviest ever carried by the Atlas V. With a successful launch, ULA will have delivered 168 Amazon satellites into orbit.
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