![]() ![]() Kuiper investment: Amazon to build $120 million Kuiper satellite processing facility at KSC New launch time for StarlinkĨ p.m. If weather doesn't clear in time, mission managers will have to delay this launch to Sunday night. EDT: SpaceX has pushed this launch to the end of tonight's window, so 10:56 p.m. That was not on the list of previously mentioned windows, but looks like they're hoping weather clears in time. EDT: SpaceX teams have come up with a new launch window for tonight's mission: 11:03 p.m. 00:00:03: Engine controller commands engine ignition sequence to startġ0:22 p.m.00:00:45: SpaceX launch director verifies go for launch.00:01:00: Propellant tank pressurization to flight pressure begins.00:01:00: Command flight computer to begin final pre-launch checks.00:07:00: Falcon 9 begins engine chill prior to launch.00:35:00: 1st stage LOX (liquid oxygen) loading begins.00:35:00: RP-1 (rocket grade kerosene) loading begins.EDT: SpaceX has started fueling the Falcon 9 rocket at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station's Launch Complex 40 ahead of liftoff at 11:03 p.m. Come back to /space for live updates then! Fueling of Falcon 9 underwayġ0:29 p.m. Backup opportunities are available through 10:31 p.m. ![]() This means the next attempt is set for no earlier that 7:09 p.m. EDT: Scrub! SpaceX is standing down from tonight's launch attempt due to weather around Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. This will mark the booster's sixth mission so far.įollow live updates below: Scrub! Weather forces SpaceX to stand downġ0:50 p.m. If the countdown at Launch Complex 40 goes according to plan, Falcon 9 will fly along a southeastern trajectory and then target a landing on the Just Read the Instructions drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean. ![]() EDT Saturday, July 22, for the launch of a Falcon 9 rocket and batch of Starlink internet satellites from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Follow Sunday's live updates here.įollow live updates below as SpaceX targets 11:03 p.m. The next attempt is set for no earlier than 7:09 p.m. In the event tonight's launch is delayed, backup launch days run through May 16.Įditor's note: If you spot the vapor clouds from tonight's NASA rocket launch and snap a stunning photo, let us know! You can submit photos and descriptions to Samantha Mathewson Follow us on Twitter and on Facebook.Update: Weather conditions forced SpaceX to stand down from this launch late Saturday. Given the human eye does not see violet colors very well in darkness, the closer the launch is to sunset, the harder it will be to see. However, the late hour of tonight's launch may make it difficult for viewers to see the colorful clouds with the unaided eye. "Because the motion of the neutral portion of the clouds is not constrained by the magnetic field lines, they spread out more quickly and become too thin to see with the naked eye much sooner than the ionized component." In the mid-Atlantic region latitudes, the field lines are inclined by about 45 degrees to the horizontal, so the violet clouds stretch out in a slanted orientation and look more like short trails than a cloud," NASA officials said in the statement. "The ionized portion of the cloud becomes tied to the magnetic field lines and diffuses parallel to the field lines but not perpendicular to it. ![]()
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