January 9, 2026, 9:08 PM EST. Space Coast launches are poised for a busy year in 2026, as SpaceX, ULA and Blue Origin ramp up plans alongside NASA's Artemis II. The latest tally puts two orbital launches on the Cape in 2026, both on Falcon 9 rockets from Cape Canaveral; no ULA Atlas V or Vulcan, and no Blue Origin New Glenn flights are listed for the year. There are also no human flights on the Space Coast in 2026 in the current ledger. By comparison, 2025 ended with 109 orbital launches across the Cape and KSC, driven by SpaceX (Falcon 9), with ULA and Blue Origin contributing a few flights and four crewed missions. The trend follows 2024's 93 and 2023's 72, with January Starlink missions continuing and a February USSF-87 mission by ULA planned.
