
Updates: SpaceX scrubs Falcon Heavy launch due to Florida weather
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- Apr 29, 2023
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---Update: Due to weather, SpaceX is now targeting 7:29 p.m. ET on Sunday, April 30, for the next launch attempt of the Falcon Heavy mission from Kennedy Space Center.
Update: SpaceX stood down from this launch due to poor weather around Kennedy Space Center on Thursday evening. Teams are now targeting no earlier than 7:29 p.m. EDT Friday, April 28, for Falcon Heavy's next attempt. Tune into Friday's live coverage at this link.
---Follow live coverage as SpaceX targets 8:26 p.m. EDT Thursday, April 27, for the launch of a three-core Falcon Heavy rocket from Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Teams have a roughly hour-long window to launch the 230-foot rocket from pad 39A, and they'll probably need the extra time – weather conditions ahead of liftoff were last calculated by the Space Force at 20% "go" due to storms in the area.
Despite flying with three boosters strapped together, this Falcon Heavy mission will not include any landings at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station or on a drone ship. Delivering the ViaSat-3 Americas communications satellite to geostationary orbit will use up too much of the rocket's propellant to have enough left over for booster landings.
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