{"id":287891,"date":"2026-05-28T18:52:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T18:52:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/287891\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T18:52:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T18:52:07","slug":"spacex-ula-set-for-rare-same-day-launches-from-floridas-space-coast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/287891\/","title":{"rendered":"SpaceX, ULA set for rare same-day launches from Florida\u2019s Space Coast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.  \u2013 Florida\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">SpaceX\u2019s Falcon 9 rocket is set to carry 29 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">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. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Following stage separation, the booster is set to touch down on SpaceX\u2019s droneship, A Shortfall of Gravitas, stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">On the pad!<\/p>\n<p>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). <\/p>\n<p>ULA will launch 29 satellites for this seventh\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/90mjU0YPra\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/90mjU0YPra<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ULA (@ulalaunch) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ulalaunch\/status\/2060000245056995687?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">May 28, 2026<\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Not to be outdone, ULA rolled its Atlas V rocket to its Cape Canaveral launch pad ahead of its planned Friday launch. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The rocket is targeting a 7:33 p.m. liftoff carrying 29 satellites for Amazon\u2019s Project Kuiper as part of the Leo 7 mission. The launch window is extended until 8:02 p.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">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.<\/p>\n<p>Breaking News Alerts<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 kiwhtN\">Get breaking news alerts delivered to your inbox.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 by WKMG ClickOrlando &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. \u2013 Florida\u2019s Space Coast is gearing up for a busy Friday, with both SpaceX and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":287892,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[315,1767,28,30,29,1770,1435,16922],"class_list":["post-287891","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-brevard-county","tag-cape-canaveral","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news","tag-space-news","tag-spacex","tag-united-launch-alliance"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287891","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=287891"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287891\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/287892"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=287891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=287891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=287891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}