As usual SpaceX is busy and on Monday has two launches from each coast. If on schedule Falcon 9 will launch Türksat 6A communications satellite for the Turkish operator Türksat first from SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, from 5:20-9:43 p.m. EDT.
Türksat 6A is the first geostationary communications satellite to be built in Turkey, with development led by TÜBİTAK Space Technologies Research Institute and Turkish Aerospace Industries. It will operate at the 42° East orbital position providing services to customers in Turkey, as well as in Europe, Northern coast of Africa, Middle East, India and Indonesia. Delayed from 2nd Quarter 2023 and March 2024, and launch moved up from July 9.
The forecast calls for a temperature of 88°F, light rain, 100% cloud cover, a wind speed of 13mph and 0.29in of rain.
Then the Falcon 9 rocket will launch a batch of Starlink V2 Mini satellites into low Earth orbit at 7:46 p.m. PDT (10:46 p.m. EDT, 0246 UTC) from SLC-4E, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California.