SpaceX scrubbed Wednesday’s launch and will attempt on Thursday batch of Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station after a scrub on Wednesday. The delay is due to weather conditions that remained ‘poor’. Tropical downpours deluged Florida and a possibility of 4-6 inches in some Central Florida areas.
This next liftoff of a Falcon 9 rocket is now scheduled for 4:46 p.m. at Space Launch Complex 40.
The forecast noted that the storms will be keeping things wet and unsettled through the remainder of the week with perhaps another scrub on Thursday.
The first-stage booster being used in the mission will make its 16th flight, having previously gone up with Bandwagon-1, CRS-27, Amazonas-6 and 10 Starlink launches among others, SpaceX said.
SpaceX Starlink to launch smallsats Wednesday and Thursday
Photo captured on Friday, June 7, by Satnews from SpaceX’s video stream.
Wednesday, June 12, 2:08 PM – 6:36 PM PDT from Cape Canaveral, Florida, SpaceX will launch a batch of satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation – SpaceX’s project for space-based Internet communication system.
Space Launch Complex 40 has launched 247 rockets, including 247 orbital launch attempts, while Cape Canaveral, Florida, has been the site for 959 rocket launches.
SpaceX will add Starlink v2 Mini satellites to the Starlink constellation with the second batch of Group 10 satellites to orbit.
The booster will land on one of SpaceX’s two autonomous droneships approximately 600 km downrange. Neither the booster nor the support vessels are known at this time.
Photo captured on Tuesday, June 4, by Satnews from SpaceX’s video stream.
Thursday, June 13, 8-12 AM PDT from Vandenberg SFB, California, SpaceX is scheduled to launch more Starlink smallsats.
The unknown booster will land on the autonomous droneship Just Read The Instructions, stationed 642 km downrange.
Space Launch Complex 4E has seen the launch of 147 rockets, including 147 orbital launch attempts, while Vandenberg SFB, California, has been the site for 758 rocket launches.