Brevard Space Coast Launch Site, SpaceX ULA NASA rocket
Let’s take a quick look at which rockets are launched from the various Brevard Launch Sites.
SpaceX crews are preparing for Brevard County’s fourth orbital rocket launch of the year in a 4-1/2-hour window Saturday night, according to a federal navigation alert.
SpaceX has not yet officially confirmed the existence of this mission, but navigation alerts from the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency and the U.S. Coast Guard indicate that the rocket launch window will open at 7:52 p.m. ET. detail:
- Mission: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches a new batch of Starlink internet satellites from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
- Launch window: From Saturday 7:52pm to Sunday 12:23am.
- position: Launch Complex 40.
- Orbit: Southeast.
- Local sonic boom: no.
- Booster landing: A drone ship floating in the Atlantic Ocean.
- live broadcast: Begins at floridatoday.com/space 90 minutes before launch.
The Space Force’s 45th Weather Squadron has not yet released detailed forecasts for the Starlink 6-37 mission. National Weather Service meteorologists forecast a 20 percent chance of showers, mostly cloudy skies, a low around 52 degrees and north winds 16 to 15 mph Saturday night at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. .
This will be the first attempt to launch from the Cape since last weekend’s SpaceX United Launch Alliance doubleheader, when the rocket soared into the sky in less than 8 hours and 43 minutes. The Falcon 9 Starlink mission took place on ULA’s new Vulcan He rocket with two side boosters ahead of its historic first launch at 2:18 a.m. Sunday.
Vulcan carried Astrobotic’s Peregrine lunar module into orbit, but the mission quickly failed due to a propellant leak. Company officials subsequently announced that landing on the moon was no longer possible.
Peregrine continues its journey away from Earth as fuel supplies dwindle. By Wednesday night, the lander was located more than 200,000 miles from its home planet.
For updates on the latest launch schedules from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, please visit: floridatoday.com/launchschedule.
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