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Summary of cancelled launches: Scroll down to watch live coverage of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launch failure of the Starlink 10-2 mission from Cape Canaveral on Friday, June 14.
Will third time be a charm? SpaceX is set to try again today to launch its Starlink 10-2 mission from Cape Canaveral after multiple postponements.
Welcome to the Florida Today Space team’s live coverage of today’s launch from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. After announcing two postponements, SpaceX is now scheduled to lift off its Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 40 at 5:07pm EDT.
The Falcon 9 will deploy 22 Starlink internet satellites housed inside a fairing on top of the 230-foot-tall rocket. No sonic boom is expected over central Florida. After rising along a northeasterly trajectory, the rocket’s first-stage booster is scheduled to land on a SpaceX drone ship at sea about 8 1/2 minutes after liftoff.
Update, 5:28 p.m.: SpaceX tweeted the latest update: “Today’s Falcon 9 launch is canceled. A new launch date will be announced when available.”
Update, 5:24 p.m.: It has not yet been made public why the rocket’s launch process came to a sudden halt after the engines ignited.
The Falcon 9’s flight computers control the launch countdown in the final minute before liftoff.
Update, 5:09 p.m.: SpaceX canceled today’s Falcon 9 launch from Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Station at the last minute.
No official explanation has been released.
Update, 5:02 p.m.: SpaceX’s launch webcast, hosted on X (formerly Twitter), was posted just below the countdown clock.
Liftoff from Cape Canaveral is scheduled for five minutes.
Update, 4:52 p.m.: Tonight’s mission will mark the 16th flight of the Falcon 9 first stage booster, SpaceX said in a statement.
The booster has previously launched SES-22, ispace’s HAKUTO-R MISSION 1, Amazonas-6, CRS-27, Bandwagon-1, and 10 Starlink missions.
After stage separation, crew members expect the booster to land on SpaceX’s drone ship, Just Read the Instructions, in the Atlantic Ocean eight minutes and 18 seconds after launch.
Update 4:42pm: This National Weather Service radar loop from the Melbourne-Orlando International Airport Authority shows stormy and severe weather still present south and southwest of Cape Canaveral Space Force Station as today’s launch time approaches.
Update, 4:32 p.m.: SpaceX announced that Falcon 9 refueling will begin shortly at Launch Complex 40 and that “all systems are on track.”
This means tonight’s Starlink countdown is now certain to launch at 5:07pm without any delays, otherwise the launch will be postponed.
Update, 4:14 p.m.: SpaceX announced a new launch target time: 5:07 p.m.
Update 3:57pm: SpaceX delayed the launch target time by 18 minutes to 4:49 p.m.
Update 3:47pm: In stark contrast to the failed launch attempts on Wednesday and Thursday, this National Weather Service radar loop shows few noticeable clouds near the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
Update 3:38pm: Brevard County Emergency Management Agency officials have activated the agency’s Launch Operations Support Team in advance of SpaceX’s upcoming Falcon 9 launch.
Update 3:23pm: According to the Space Force’s 45th Weather Squadron, there is a 30% chance of suitable weather early in today’s launch window, but that chance increases to 70% by the end.
Forecasts say anvil and cumulus clouds will pose the biggest threat.
“Increasing daytime temperatures and the presence of the boundary will again produce numerous showers and storms by mid-afternoon on Friday. The exact location of activity will depend on the strength of north-northeasterly winds behind the boundary,” the forecast said.
“Models indicate a continuing trend of activity inland from the spaceport, particularly leading up to launch. Anvil level flow, while not as strong as tonight, is still coming from the west-northwest. This means that even with activity in the southwest, anvils could still reach the spaceport, which remains the biggest concern,” the forecast said.
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