NASA and SpaceX are also watching the weather around Florida to determine when they can safely undock a Cargo Dragon spacecraft and bring it back down to Earth. With a delay likely to Friday at the earliest for the Starlink launch, Ovzon will have to wait until next week at the earliest to fly. It was waiting for the Starlink 6-34 mission to launch before they got their turn. A customer mission, Ozone-3 satellite, is also waiting in the wings. EST: SpaceX has launched a Falcon 9 rocket carrying a pair of SES O3b mPOWER satellites from Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. SpaceX said they are monitoring the weather and will request a new launch date from the Eastern Range once things clear up. It previously flew two missions for NASA, one carrying Dragon Endurance in August with a four-member crew to the International Space Station and the other being a Cargo Dragon on a space station resupply mission 32 days ago in November. The Falcon 9 booster for Tuesday’s Starlink 6-34 mission, tail number B1081, was set to make its third flight. The forecast showed only a 20 percent chance of favorable launch weather Wednesday night and 10 percent for the 24-hour back-up on Thursday. Space Force meteorologists at the 45th Weather Squadron said showed a dismal weather outlook for the Starlink mission launch window. It had planned the launch Monday night from nearby pad 39A. The Tuesday night scrub of the Falcon 9 came within an hour of announcing the delay of the Falcon Heavy launch for the U.S. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 23 Starlink satellite lifts off for orbit from Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Monday, Dec. along with space activities at Cape Canaveral in Florida. It comes less than a day after they had to scrub the launch at the T-1 minute mark due to strong, ground-level winds at Cape Canaveral. SpaceX has scrubbed launch today because of the problem with the pressurization system in the booster.

SpaceX is standing down from a launch attempt of the Starlink 6-34 mission onboard its Falcon 9 rocket.

EST: SpaceX is standing down from a launch attempt Wednesday night due to “unfavorable weather conditions in the Atlantic Ocean.” 'When launched, Ovzon 3 will be the first ever privately funded and developed Swedish geostationary satellite,' an Ovzon press release said.A Falcon 9 stands ready for launch with 23 Starlink satellites on pad 40. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches the SES-18 and SES-19 telecom satellites to orbit from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on March 17, 2023. EST Friday to lift the Ovzon-3 satellite into orbit from a Falcon 9 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Welcome to FLORIDA TODAYs Space Team live coverage of tonight’s SpaceX Starlink 6-32 mission from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. DecemSpaceflight Now A Falcon 9 lifts off from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on the Starlink 6-34 mission. EST: Beyond tonight's two launches from the Space Coast, SpaceX is targeting 3:46 p.m. Welcome to FLORIDA TODAYs Space Team live coverage of the upcoming SpaceX Falcon 9 launch from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station which has been pushed back past midnight. SpaceX twin launches followed Friday by Ovzon-3

SpaceX launch director verifies “go” for launch.Įngine controller commands engine ignition sequence to start. Second-stage liquid oxygen loading begins.įlight computer commanded to begin final pre-launch checks. SpaceX did not say what weather conditions, but wind is gusting between 15 and 20 mph at the launch site this morning. Second-stage rocket-grade kerosene loading begins. EDT for the liftoff of Falcon 9 from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station because of weather conditions. SpaceX launch director verifies “go” for propellant load.įirst-stage rocket-grade kerosene loading begins.įirst-stage liquid oxygen loading begins.

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