Late-night rocket launch in Florida: When to see from Vero Beach to Port St. Lucie to Fort Pierce

Jennifer Sangalang, Rick Neale and Gianna Montesano, USA TODAY NETWORK - Florida
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A late-night rocket launch from Florida is on the horizon.

SpaceX is set to launch a batch of Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit on June 22 from Cape Canaveral.

Rockets here launch from NASA's Kennedy Space Center or nearby Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

Weather permitting and depending on cloud cover, a rocket launch from Florida’s Space Coast could be visible as far north as Jacksonville Beach and Daytona Beach to as far south as Vero Beach and West Palm Beach. When there’s a launch window in the middle of the night or very early morning, there’s an opportunity for unique photos — the rocket lights up the dark sky and the contrail after makes for a great photo.

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Below is more information about the SpaceX rocket launch in Florida and suggestions on where to watch them from here.

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When is the next SpaceX Starlink rocket launch from Cape Canaveral, Florida? Starlink 10-23

  • Mission: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch a payload of Starlink broadband satellites into low-Earth orbit, a National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency navigational warning shows.

  • Launch window: 1:47 a.m. to 6:17 a.m. ET Sunday, June 22, 2025

  • Launch location: Launch complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Florida

  • Sonic booms: No

  • Trajectory: Northeast

  • Live coverage starts 90 minutes before liftoff at floridatoday.com/space: You can watch live rocket launch coverage from USA TODAY Network’s Space Team, which consists of FLORIDA TODAY space reporters Rick Neale and Brooke Edwards and visuals journalists Craig Bailey, Malcolm Denemark and Tim Shortt. Our Space Team will provide up-to-the-minute updates in a mobile-friendly live blog, complete with a countdown clock, at floridatoday.com/space, starting 90 minutes before liftoff. You can download the free FLORIDA TODAY app, which is available in the App Store or Google Play, or type floridatoday.com/space into your browser.

Live weather radar: Will it rain in Melbourne, Cocoa Beach or Cape Canaveral, Florida, today? Will weather cancel a rocket launch?

Shown is the National Weather Service-Melbourne radar, which shows conditions in real-time for the Space Coast, Brevard County, Orlando and other parts of Florida. The current date and time show up on the bottom right of this radar embed; otherwise, you may need to clear your cache.

Where to watch a rocket launch in Indian River County, Florida

  • Sebastian Inlet State Park, 9700 S. State Road A1A, Melbourne Beach, Florida (cost to enter)

  • Wabasso Beach Park, 1808 Wabasso Beach Road, Wabasso, Florida

  • Ambersands Beach Park, 12566 N. SR A1A, Vero Beach, Florida (free parking)

  • South Beach Park, 1700 Ocean Drive, Vero Beach, Florida (free parking)

  • Merrill Barber Bridge in Vero Beach, Florida

  • Alma Lee Loy Bridge in Vero Beach, Florida

Where to watch a rocket launch in St. Lucie County, Florida

  • Fort Pierce Inlet State Park, 905 Shorewinds Drive, Fort Pierce, Florida

  • Blind Creek Beachside North and South, 5460 S. Ocean Drive, Fort Pierce, Florida

  • Blue Heron Beach, 2101 Blue Heron Blvd., Fort Pierce, Florida

  • Frederick Douglass Memorial Park, 3600 S. Ocean Drive, Fort Pierce, Florida

  • Dollman Park Beachside, 9200 S. Ocean Drive, Jensen Beach, Florida

  • Herman's Bay Beach, 7880 S. Ocean Drive, Jensen Beach, Florida

  • John Brooks Park Beachside, 3300 S. Ocean Drive, Fort Pierce, Florida

  • Middle Cove Beach, 4600 S. Ocean Drive, Fort Pierce, Florida

  • Normandy Beach in Jensen Beach, Florida

  • Pepper Park Beachside, 3302 N. SR A1A, Fort Pierce, Florida

  • Walton Rocks Beach, 6700 S. Ocean Drive, Jensen Beach, Florida (dog park)

  • Waveland Beach, 10350 S. Ocean Drive, Jensen Beach, Florida

Where to watch a rocket launch in Martin County, Florida

  • State Road A1A causeway in Stuart, Florida

  • House of Refuge and beach, 301 S.E. MacArthur Blvd., Stuart, Florida

This article originally appeared on Treasure Coast Newspapers: SpaceX nighttime rocket launch in Florida: What time is liftoff?