Scrub! SpaceX halts Falcon 9 countdown, sets new Thursday morning target - Florida Today
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- Sep 04, 2024
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Update 11:14 a.m.: Earlier this morning, FLORIDA TODAY Space Reporter Brooke Edwards dropped by Port Canaveral to cover the arrival of Blue Origin's new booster-landing drone ship, Jacklyn.
Edwards also tweeted photos of SpaceX crews working on the drone ship A Shortfall of Gravitas and lowering a first-stage booster from a previous mission.
Space Force: 70% odds of 'go for launch' weather
Update 10:51 a.m.: The Space Force's 45th Weather Squadron forecast calls for a 70% chance of favorable launch weather, with cumulus clouds and anvil clouds looming as the primary meteorological concerns.
For context, today's 4½-hour Starlink launch window opened at 8:59 a.m. and extends until 1:29 p.m.
"Another wet day is expected as deep tropical moisture pools across the Florida Peninsula south of a lingering trough. This pattern will continue above normal rain chances for the state through the week. With south to southeast flow, scattered morning showers with isolated thunderstorms are expected across the coastal waters during the initial launch window," the squadron's forecast said.
"Late in the window, the sea breeze may begin to generate showers and storms along the Space Coast," the forecast said.
SpaceX juggles launch time twice
Update 10:33 a.m.: Initially, SpaceX crews aimed for liftoff at 8:59 a.m. Then the target time got pushed back roughly four hours toward the end of the launch window, to 12:55 p.m.
For now, the 12:07 p.m. liftoff target remains listed on the SpaceX website.
For the latest news and launch schedule from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and NASA's Kennedy Space Center, visit floridatoday.com/space.
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