A 20-story tall, 1.3 million-pound Atlas V rocket will blast off from Florida, and it’s possible people in Palm Beach County − as well as states along the East Coast − can see it light up the sky.
Teams with United Launch Alliance are prepping for the Atlas V rocket launch, the fifth Amazon Leo constellation mission. Liftoff is planned at 3:53 a.m. EDT Sunday, March 29, 2026, from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Though rockets in Florida blast off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center or nearby Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, it’s possible for spacecraft to be seen far beyond the launch pad, including in other states: In December 2023, the SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket was spotted from Boca Raton to Cedar Key to Myrtle Beach. And in February 2025, people in Fayetteville, North Carolina, posted photos and video of a Falcon 9 rocket after liftoff from Cape Canaveral, Florida…