During the first quarter of the year, 27 orbital rockets took flight from Florida's Space Coast. That equates to a cadence of 108 launches by year's end — a record-breaking pace that would erase last year's record of 93 annual liftoffs.

Who's up for a historic late-night launch? Weather permitting, SpaceX will launch a spacecraft carrying the first people to orbit the earth's poles Monday.

SpaceX is looking to launch just under an hour from now. If weather is still an issue, the launch will be attempted tomorrow after

SpaceX plans to launch a Falcon 9 rocket on a Starlink mission Sunday afternoon from Cape Canaveral. Monday night will bring a crewed launch.

Who's up for a historic late-night launch? Weather permitting, SpaceX will launch a spacecraft carrying the first people to orbit the Earth's poles Monday.

Who's up for a historic late-night launch? Weather permitting, SpaceX will launch a spacecraft carrying the first people to orbit the Earth's poles.

Plenty more launches are to come, including another test of SpaceX’s massive Starship rocket, which exploded while in flight in March. Blue Origin is also set to send Katy Perry into space aboard its New Shepard as part of an all-woman mission on April 14th.

Other space companies have been scrambling to compete with SpaceX for years, but developing a reliable rocket takes slow, steady work and big budgets. Now, some rivals are catching up.