Current:Home > BackSpaceX launch from Cape Canaveral rescheduled for tonight following Sunday scrub-DB Wealth Institute B2 Expert Reviews
SpaceX launch from Cape Canaveral rescheduled for tonight following Sunday scrub
View Date:2024-12-23 16:01:15
It's launch day — for the second straight day!
SpaceX crews scrubbed a scheduled Sunday night launch of a Falcon 9 rocket on a Starlink mission from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
Now, SpaceX is targeting 7:20 p.m. EDT Monday Oct. 30 as the new launch time.
If more delays ensue, seven backup launch opportunities are available from 7:52 p.m. to 10:22 p.m. EDT Monday, SpaceX reports.
The Falcon 9 will deploy a batch of 23 Starlink internet satellites, which are packed inside the 230-foot rocket's payload fairing.
No local sonic booms are expected. After soaring skyward along a southeastern trajectory, the rocket's first stage booster will target landing aboard a drone ship out at sea about 8½ minutes after liftoff.
This Starlink mission will mark the record-breaking 59th orbital launch this year from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and Kennedy Space Center.
The former annual record of 57 launches, which was set last year, was shattered Oct. 21 by SpaceX's last successful Starlink mission from Launch Complex 40.
Additionally, this SpaceX launch attempt is occurring just days after the Department of Defense's secretive plan to launch a hypersonic missile from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station was a no-go.
Fact check:Post misleads using space shuttle speed in attempt to prove flat Earth
Space Force: 95% chance of good weather
The Space Force's 45th Weather Squadron pegs the odds of favorable launch weather at 95%.
"A surface ridge extends across the southeast US while a weak area of low pressure slowly driftsnorthwestward through the Bahamas," the squadron's forecast said.
"Little change in local weather is anticipated Monday, but a cold front will move rapidly southeast out of the Tennessee Valley and towards Florida by late Tuesday," the forecast said.
When is the next scheduled launch from Florida's Space Coast?
NASA's SpaceX CRS-29 mission — a cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station — is targeted for launch at 10:01 p.m. EDT Nov. 5. Quick facts:
- Rocket: SpaceX Falcon 9.
- Location: Pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center.
- Trajectory: Northeast.
- Weather: TBD.
- Landing: Cape Canaveral Space Force Station's Landing Zone 1.
- Live coverage: Starts 90 minutes before liftoff at floridatoday.com/space.
- About: This marks SpaceX’s 29th commercial resupply mission for NASA to the ISS. A Dragon cargo capsule will deliver new science investigations, food, supplies and equipment to the international crew. The research includes laser communications and work to understand interactions between Earth's weather and space.
Aurora lovers, rejoice:2024 could be a great year for northern lights, due to solar maximum
Rick Neale is a Space Reporter at FLORIDA TODAY (for more of his stories, click here.) Contact Neale at 321-242-3638 or [email protected]. Twitter/X: @RickNeale1
veryGood! (931)
Related
- Trump hammered Democrats on transgender issues. Now the party is at odds on a response
- Here's Your First Look at Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell's Headline-Making Movie Anyone But You
- Israel’s military orders civilians to evacuate Gaza City, ahead of a feared ground offensive
- Natalia Bryant Shares How She's Honoring Dad Kobe Bryant's Legacy With Mamba Mentality
- Voyager 2 is the only craft to visit Uranus. Its findings may have misled us for 40 years.
- Mapping out the Israel-Hamas war
- Barbieland: Watch Utah neighborhood transform into pink paradise for Halloween
- Pakistan says suspects behind this week’s killing of an anti-India militant have been arrested
- Tech consultant testifies that ‘bad joke’ led to deadly clash with Cash App founder Bob Lee
- New Hampshire man pleads guilty to making threatening call to U.S. House member
Ranking
- Tuskegee University closes its campus to the public, fires security chief after shooting
- How to help victims of the deadly Israel-Hamas conflict
- Madagascar postpones presidential election for a week after candidates are hurt in protests
- Thousands of autoworkers walk out at Ford's largest factory as UAW escalates strike
- Brianna “Chickenfry” LaPaglia Explains Why She’s Not Removing Tattoo of Ex Zach Bryan’s Lyrics
- Mother of missing Israeli-American says she believes he is a hostage in Gaza
- FDA bans sale of popular Vuse Alto menthol e-cigarettes
- China’s exports, imports fell 6.2% in September as global demand faltered
Recommendation
-
Ready-to-eat meat, poultry recalled over listeria risk: See list of affected products
-
Mother of missing Israeli-American says she believes he is a hostage in Gaza
-
Man pleads guilty to ambush that killed 2 officers and wounded 5 in South Carolina
-
FDA bans sale of popular Vuse Alto menthol e-cigarettes
-
Everard Burke Introduce
-
Arkansas Supreme Court upholds procedural vote on governor’s education overhaul
-
Arkansas lawmakers OK plan to audit purchase of $19,000 lectern for Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders
-
How to help victims of the deadly Israel-Hamas conflict