A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 24 Starlink satellites lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Tuesday, May 19, 2026.

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 is targeting the launch of 29 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit for Thursday from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

Here's the rocket launch schedule for the week of May 18, where rocket launches are visible in Florida and how to watch NASA content on Prime Video.

United Launch Alliance is running short on usable hardware this year having to rely on its dwindling supply of Atlas V rockets while it continues an investigation into what went wrong on the last launch of its successor rocket Vulcan.

At the start of the millennium, China and Europe seemed set to collaborate in space. That's no longer the case even as they send a spacecraft into orbit to study the Earth's magnetic field and solar wind.

SpaceX is set to launch a rocket from the Vandenberg Space Force Base. Californians may be able to see the Falcon 9 in person, or view a livestream.