Live coverage: SpaceX gearing up for another Falcon 9 launch attempt tonight – Spaceflight Now - Spaceflight Now


Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The Starlink 4-34 mission will launch SpaceX’s next batch of 54 Starlink broadband satellites. Follow us on Twitter.




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SpaceX’s next Falcon 9 rocket launch is now set for 8:18 p.m. EDT Sunday (0018 GMT Monday) to deliver 54 more Starlink internet satellites to orbit. The mission has been delayed five days due to thunderstorms around the launch base.


The 229-foot-tall (70-meter) Falcon 9 rocket is set to launch SpaceX’s Starlink 4-34 mission. The weather outlook for Sunday night calls for a 40% chance of acceptable conditions for liftoff.


The SpaceX launch team called off Tuesday night’s Falcon 9 countdown just before starting to load propellants into the Falcon 9 rocket. Lightning flashes lit up the sky over Florida’s Space Coast throughout the evening. Similar weather conditions Wednesday night forced officials to call another scrub before tanking, and SpaceX stopped the countdown at about T-minus 30 seconds Thursday night as weather remained “no go” for launch.


It was a similar story Friday night as SpaceX loaded propellants into the Falcon 9, but stopped the countdown just inside of T-minus 60 seconds. Teams initially targeted another launch attempt Saturday, but SpaceX announced Saturday evening the mission would be delayed to Sunday night.


This flight will mark SpaceX’s 42nd Falcon 9 launch so far in 2022. It will be the 40th space launch attempt overall from Florida’s Space Coast this year, including launches by SpaceX, United Launch Alliance, and Astra.


When it takes off, the Falcon 9 rocket’s upper stage will release the satellites over t ..

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