SpaceX teams at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida are on track to launch a Falcon 9 rocket on Tuesday with another batch of the company’s Starlink internet satellites.
Check back for updates on Space Team’s live launch coverage which will be posted on this page starting 90 minutes before the window opens. When a SpaceX stream hosted on X (formerly Twitter) becomes available approximately 5 minutes before liftoff, it will be made available at the top of this page.
When is the SpaceX rocket launching today?
The 230-foot rocket is scheduled to launch at 5:20 p.m. EST on Tuesday.
If necessary, SpaceX has five backup opportunities starting at 6:11 PM ET and ending at 8:48 PM EST. According to SpaceX, there are also six launch opportunities later Wednesday, starting at 4:55 PM EST, if teams are forced to back out or back out of Tuesday’s attempt for any reason.
What’s the weather forecast for SpaceX’s rocket launch today?
A launch weather report released by the Space Force’s 45th Weather Squadron on Monday pegs conditions at 95% “launchable” for Tuesday’s liftoff.
“Conditions for the initial launch window appear very favorable, with low relative humidity values and a weak chance of violating the cumulonimbus cloud base,” forecasters said. “For Backup Day, similar conditions are expected.”
The National Weather Service in Melbourne is calling for sunny conditions for the Space Coast all day on Tuesday. The high temperature is expected to reach 73 degrees, with light winds up to 10 mph from the northwest. Conditions in the latter half of the launch window during the evening should remain mostly favorable, with clear skies and a low temperature of around 62 degrees.
Here’s everything you need to know about today’s SpaceX rocket launch:
- It will host the Cape Canaveral Space Station’s Launch Complex 40.
- The payload is the company’s next batch of Internet-broadcasting Starlink satellites.
- The 230-foot Falcon 9 rocket will follow a southeast trajectory between Florida and the Bahamas.
- There are no local sound spikes with this task. The 130-foot-long first-stage booster will target a drone ship landing in the Atlantic Ocean about eight minutes after liftoff.
- This marks the sixteenth flight of the first phase supporting this mission.
- If the schedule holds, the Starlink 6-23 mission will mark the 57th Space Coast launch this year. Equaling the record set in 2022 and surpassing 2021’s previous record of 31.
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When will the next SpaceX rocket be launched?
Another SpaceX Falcon 9 Starlink mission could take place from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station this weekend, but SpaceX has yet to announce its next target launch date. For the latest, visit floridatoday.com/launchschedule.
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