Rocket launches during June 2024 by SpaceX, NASA and ULA from Cape Canaveral, Florida
During June, seven rockets lifted off from Florida's Space Coast — home of NASA's Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
Here's that list of June launches from Cape Canaveral. Six of the seven liftoffs were SpaceX missions, while a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket sent Boeing's Starliner capsule up to the International Space Station. All times are listed in Eastern Daylight Time.
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1. SpaceX Starlink 8-5
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off at 10:16 p.m. June 4 from Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The payload: 20 Starlink satellites. This launch marked the first Group 8 Starlink launch from the Space Coast.
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2. NASA's Boeing Starliner crew flight test
NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams soared into the history books by taking Boeing's Starliner spacecraft on its maiden crewed mission at 10:52 a.m. June 5, lifting off from Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket.
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3. SpaceX Starlink 10-1
SpaceX marked the 300th booster landing of the company's workhorse Falcon 9 program during the landmark Starlink 10-1 mission at 9:56 p.m. June 7 from Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
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4. SpaceX Astra 1P/SES-24
After two days of weather delays, SpaceX launched German TV satellite Astra 1P/SES-24 at 5:35 p.m. June 20 from Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. This mission ended a nearly two-week launch drought.
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5. SpaceX Starlink 10-2
After a rare T-0 abort on June 14, this mission finally got off the launch pad 1? weeks later than planned — flying into the clouds at 1:15 p.m. June 23. Crews had removed the rocket off the launch pad, allowing the Astra 1P/SES-24 mission to fly ahead.
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6. SpaceX Falcon Heavy GOES-U
A SpaceX Falcon Heavy launched the latest satellite from NOAA, GOES-U, at 5:16 p.m. June 25 from pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center. This is the latest and last of the GOES-R series of weather satellites.
NOAA GOES-U: Triple-core SpaceX Falcon Heavy launches GOES-U from Kennedy Space Center, Florida
7. SpaceX Starlink 10-3
A SpaceX Falcon 9 launched on the Starlink 10-3 mission at 7:14 a.m. June 27, less than an hour after a brilliant orange sunrise at Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
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