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How many rocket launches from Florida?
1,392 orbital launch attempts have taken off from Florida (Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral together) since 1957, and 1,314 succeeded. In 2025 there were 109. SpaceX flew 101 of them. 2026 stands at 59 through October 16, 27 behind the 86 at the same point in 2025.
1,392
Launch attempts in total
109
Launches in 2025
59
So far in 2026
2025
Busiest year, 109 launches
A SpaceX Falcon 9 with the Crew Dragon launches from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center on March 2, 2019. Photo: NASA/Joel Kowsky.
Launches per year
Orbital launch attempts, Florida (Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral together). 2026 is partial, through October 16.
Launches by month in 2025
Launch attempts by month in 2025.
Pads and launch complexes
The busiest pads over the last five years.
Cape Canaveral, LC40286 (67.9%)
Kennedy Space Center, LC39A99 (23.5%)
Cape Canaveral, SLC4126 (6.2%)
Cape Canaveral, LC363 (0.7%)
Canaveral, SLC462 (0.5%)
Kennedy Space Center, LC39B2 (0.5%)
Cape Canaveral, SLC37B2 (0.5%)
Cape Canaveral, LC161 (0.2%)
Which rockets
Rockets launched in 2024 and 2025.
Falcon 9236 (91.5%)
Atlas V 55110 (3.9%)
Falcon Heavy5 (1.9%)
New Glenn 7x23 (1.2%)
Vulcan Centaur VC2S2 (0.8%)
Vulcan Centaur VC4S2 (0.8%)
Sources and method
GCAT by Jonathan McDowell, CC BY 4.0. Updated October 17, 2026. Data from GCAT (J. McDowell, planet4589.org/space/gcat).
Scope: Florida (Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral together). Counts are one per launch, including failures. 2026 is partial, through October 16.
