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A quick look at which rockets lift off from various Brevard launch sites.
Monday afternoon, SpaceX sent another Falcon 9 rocket roaring skyward amid sunshine and shimmering heat waves at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
SpaceX’s Starlink 6-57 mission lifted off at 2:14 p.m. EDT — nearly two hours later than initially scheduled — from Launch Complex 40. The rocket propelled 23 broadband satellites into low-Earth orbit on a southeasterly trajectory.
Monday’s Falcon 9 launch occurred 8 hours, 20 minutes before NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore were scheduled to lift off at 10:34 p.m. during their high-profile mission aboard Boeing’s Starliner capsule from nearby Launch Complex 41.
But instead, crews scrubbed the groundbreaking Starliner launch so crews can evaluate an oxygen relief valve on the Centaur second stage.
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The Space Force’s 45th Weather Squadron forecast had predicted 90% odds of “go for launch” weather for Monday’s SpaceX Starlink mission, and conditions were fine for liftoff.
The Falcon 9 first-stage booster logged its 15th flight, SpaceX reported. The booster previously launched CRS-24, Eutelsat HOTBIRD 13F, OneWeb 1, SES-18 and SES-19 and 10 Starlink missions. Following stage separation, the booster landed aboard SpaceX’s Just Read the Instructions drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean.
Looking ahead to Wednesday — though SpaceX has yet to make an announcement — Federal Aviation Administration and National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency navigational warnings show another Starlink launch window will open in late morning.
Bullet-point details:
- Mission: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch another batch of Starlink internet satellites from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center.
- Launch window: 10:42 a.m. to 3:13 p.m.
- Location: Pad 39A.
- Trajectory: Southeast.
- Local sonic boom: No.
- Booster landing: Drone ship out in the Atlantic Ocean.
- Live coverage: Starts 90 minutes before liftoff at floridatoday.com/space.
For the latest news from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and KSC, visit floridatoday.com/space.
Rick Neale is a Space Reporter at FLORIDA TODAY. Contact Neale at [email protected]. Twitter/X: @RickNeale1
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