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Florida's Space Coast, stretching from Cape Canaveral to Titusville to Melbourne, is where rockets fly. Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Space Force Station host the majority of U.S. orbital launches, and the region is experiencing a renaissance as SpaceX, ULA, Blue Origin, and Relativity build and launch from the area.
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NASA's primary launch center: Vehicle Assembly Building, LC-39A/B, multi-user spaceport
Military launch complex with SLC-40 (SpaceX), SLC-41 (ULA), and historic pads
SpaceX's primary East Coast pad for Falcon 9, Falcon Heavy, and future Starship
New Glenn launch site at Cape Canaveral
Atlas V and Vulcan Centaur launch pad
| Company | Focus Area | Profile |
|---|---|---|
| SpaceX | Launch operations, Starlink deployment | View profile |
| United Launch Alliance | Vulcan Centaur, Atlas V | View profile |
| Blue Origin | New Glenn launches | View profile |
| L3Harris Technologies | Melbourne HQ: space sensors | View profile |
| Northrop Grumman | Solid rocket motors, spacecraft | View profile |
| Amentum (formerly Jacobs' Critical Mission Solutions) | KSC ground systems support | No profile yet |
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Key facilities include Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, SpaceX Launch Complex 39A. Cape Canaveral is a major hub for government space programs.
Typical roles include Launch Operations, Ground Systems Engineer, Test Engineer, Quality Engineer, Technician. Current openings are on the SpaceNexus jobs board, synced daily from employers' own careers pages.
More orbital launches per year than any other site in the Western Hemisphere (109 in 2025). Kennedy Space Center: NASA's primary launch center since 1968.
Facts on this page were checked against these pages on October 10, 2026. Figures without a named source were removed.
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