SpaceX to Launch Falcon 9 With Northrop MRV on July 21 as Florida Hits 47 Launches
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Updated · Florida Today · Jul 20
SpaceX to Launch Falcon 9 With Northrop MRV on July 21 as Florida Hits 47 Launches
3 articles · Updated · Florida Today · Jul 20
Summary
A Falcon 9 is scheduled to lift off Tuesday from Cape Canaveral’s Launch Complex 40, carrying Northrop Grumman’s Mission Robotic Vehicle and Mission Extension Pod jetpacks.
The launch window runs from 5:15 p.m. to 9:04 p.m. ET, with an eastbound trajectory and no sonic booms expected.
Florida has logged 47 rocket launches in 2026 through July 20, after a record 109 orbital launches in 2025, though activity has slowed to four launches so far in July.
Space Coast launch traffic could pick up again in August, when SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy is set to launch NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope on Aug. 30.