SpaceX, Cape Canaveral and Florida
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The world’s busiest spaceport continues to break yearly launch records as more commercial space launch providers aim to add to the already busy launch cadence. Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and Kennedy Space Center, together, achieved 93 launches in 2024, far exceeding the once-ambitious goal of “Drive to 48” in 2017.
Florida Tech said it withdrew because "the $10,000 cost and narrow purview are insufficient to appropriately examine the issues at hand."
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The SFA recommends creating a compensation program for all domestic fishers and processors that suffer space-related economic losses or equipment damage.
Port Canaveral’s cruise industry is expanding with the arrival of Royal Caribbean’s newest ship, the Star of the Seas, a vessel capable of carrying more than 5,000 passengers — essentially a floating city.
The Brevard County Commission adopted a resolution proclaiming Thursday, July 24, as Space Coast Day in honor of the 75th anniversary of Bumper 8.
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In Titusville, longtime Assistant City Manager Tom Abbate is promoted after other four finalists drop out of running before final interviews