Falcon 9 Block 5 | Project Starfall Demonstration Mission — visibility, launch time & where to look

Note: Mission profile and payload details are TBD. Demonstration mission for SpaceX’s Project Starfall, which aims to mass-produce reentry capsules designed to autonomously transport valuable customer experiments and other payloads safely back from space to Earth, including for in-orbit manufacturing. Starfall is a cylindrical shaped capsule approximately 0.75 meters tall with a diameter of 3.1 meters, weighing approximately 2100 kilograms, and capable of carrying 1000 kilograms of payload. It is designed to be carried on Starship flights.

Rocket: Falcon 9 Block 5
Provider: SpaceX
Launch site: Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Status: To Be Confirmed

Launch time

Jun 21, 2026, 10:43 AM UTC
Jun 21, 2026, 6:43 AM Eastern
Jun 21, 2026, 3:43 AM Pacific

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Which cities can see this launch?

Estimated visibility from major towns near US launch sites, assuming clear skies and an open horizon:

City	Visibility	Look toward	Distance to pad
Port Canaveral, FL	Excellent	north-northeast	11 mi
Titusville, FL	Excellent	east-southeast	15 mi
Merritt Island, FL	Excellent	north-northeast	16 mi
Cocoa Beach, FL	Excellent	north	17 mi
Mims, FL	Excellent	east-southeast	17 mi
Rockledge, FL	Excellent	north-northeast	18 mi
Satellite Beach, FL	Excellent	north	26 mi
Indialantic, FL	Excellent	north	33 mi
Melbourne, FL	Excellent	north	33 mi
Palm Bay, FL	Excellent	north	37 mi
New Smyrna Beach, FL	Excellent	south-southeast	39 mi
Sanford, FL	Excellent	east-southeast	45 mi
Orlando, FL	Excellent	east	49 mi
Sebastian, FL	Excellent	north	52 mi
Daytona Beach, FL	Excellent	south-southeast	52 mi
Kissimmee, FL	Excellent	east-northeast	54 mi
Vero Beach, FL	Excellent	north	65 mi
Fort Pierce, FL	Excellent	north	78 mi
Palm Coast, FL	Excellent	south-southeast	80 mi
Port St. Lucie, FL	Good	north	90 mi
Lakeland, FL	Good	east-northeast	91 mi
St. Augustine, FL	Good	south-southeast	102 mi
Tampa, FL	Good	east-northeast	122 mi
Gainesville, FL	Good	southeast	129 mi
West Palm Beach, FL	Good	north-northwest	132 mi
Jacksonville, FL	Good	south-southeast	138 mi
Fort Lauderdale, FL	Good	north	171 mi
Brunswick, GA	Good	south-southeast	187 mi
Miami, FL	Good	north	195 mi
Valdosta, GA	Fair	southeast	226 mi
Savannah, GA	Good	south	245 mi
Hilton Head Island, SC	Good	south	253 mi
Tallahassee, FL	Fair	east-southeast	258 mi
Charleston, SC	Good	south	294 mi
Myrtle Beach, SC	Good	south-southwest	368 mi
Pensacola Beach, FL	Fair	east-southeast	413 mi
Gulf Shores, AL	Fair	east	444 mi
Norfolk, VA	Fair	south-southwest	624 mi
Virginia Beach, VA	Fair	south-southwest	632 mi
Newport News, VA	Fair	south-southwest	635 mi
Richmond, VA	Fair	south-southwest	646 mi
Cape Charles, VA	Fair	south-southwest	657 mi
Exmore, VA	Fair	south-southwest	678 mi
Onancock, VA	Fair	south-southwest	691 mi
Wallops Island, VA	Fair	south-southwest	709 mi
Chincoteague, VA	Fair	south-southwest	713 mi
Pocomoke City, MD	Fair	south-southwest	717 mi
Salisbury, MD	Fair	south-southwest	735 mi
Berlin, MD	Fair	south-southwest	741 mi
Washington, DC	Marginal	south-southwest	743 mi
Ocean City, MD	Fair	south-southwest	746 mi
Annapolis, MD	Fair	south-southwest	757 mi
Rehoboth Beach, DE	Fair	south-southwest	769 mi
Baltimore, MD	Marginal	south-southwest	775 mi
Cape May, NJ	Fair	south-southwest	787 mi
Dover, DE	Fair	south-southwest	787 mi
Ocean City, NJ	Fair	south-southwest	816 mi
Philadelphia, PA	Fair	south-southwest	845 mi
Grand Isle, LA	Not visible	—	572 mi
Rockport, TX	Not visible	—	1002 mi
Port Aransas, TX	Not visible	—	1004 mi
Corpus Christi, TX	Not visible	—	1025 mi
South Padre Island, TX	Not visible	—	1032 mi
Port Isabel, TX	Not visible	—	1035 mi
Laguna Vista, TX	Not visible	—	1039 mi
Bayview, TX	Not visible	—	1046 mi
Los Fresnos, TX	Not visible	—	1051 mi
Brownsville, TX	Not visible	—	1055 mi
Harlingen, TX	Not visible	—	1062 mi
McAllen, TX	Not visible	—	1094 mi
Laredo, TX	Not visible	—	1156 mi
San Diego, CA	Not visible	—	2183 mi
Pasadena, CA	Not visible	—	2237 mi
Mojave, CA	Not visible	—	2239 mi
Long Beach, CA	Not visible	—	2240 mi
Los Angeles, CA	Not visible	—	2243 mi
Malibu, CA	Not visible	—	2268 mi
Thousand Oaks, CA	Not visible	—	2277 mi
Bakersfield, CA	Not visible	—	2287 mi
Oxnard, CA	Not visible	—	2296 mi
Ventura, CA	Not visible	—	2303 mi
Santa Barbara, CA	Not visible	—	2326 mi
Fresno, CA	Not visible	—	2332 mi
Solvang, CA	Not visible	—	2351 mi
Buellton, CA	Not visible	—	2353 mi
Los Alamos, CA	Not visible	—	2358 mi
Santa Maria, CA	Not visible	—	2367 mi
Orcutt, CA	Not visible	—	2367 mi
Lompoc, CA	Not visible	—	2369 mi
Vandenberg Village, CA	Not visible	—	2369 mi
Guadalupe, CA	Not visible	—	2375 mi
Pismo Beach, CA	Not visible	—	2378 mi
San Luis Obispo, CA	Not visible	—	2380 mi
San Jose, CA	Not visible	—	2450 mi

Where to look

A rocket lifts off below the horizon for distant viewers, then climbs into view as it gains altitude and flies downrange. Closer to the pad you'll see it within seconds; a few hundred miles away it can take three to six minutes to rise over the horizon. Find an open view in the direction shown for your city and start watching at liftoff.

Before you go

Launch times change — scrubs and delays are common. Re-check the day of.
Clear skies matter. Low cloud near the pad or along the trajectory can hide the rocket.
Twilight launches are the most dramatic; daytime launches are the hardest to see at distance.
Trajectory and timing here are estimates from a representative ascent profile.

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Launch data from TheSpaceDevs Launch Library 2. Page generated June 16, 2026.