Double-scrub! SpaceX postpones Falcon Heavy, Starlink launches Monday
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- Dec 11, 2023
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The Falcon 9 will deploy a batch of Starlink internet satellites, which are packed inside the nose cone atop the 230-foot rocket.
When SpaceX's Falcon Heavy live webcast hosted on X (formerly Twitter) becomes available about 15 minutes before liftoff, it will be posted at the top of this page. Afterward, follow Space Team launch coverage updates of the SpaceX Starlink mission on this page as well.
Brevard EOC: Starlink launch scrubbed, too
Update 8:02 p.m. EST: The Brevard County Emergency Management Office just announced that SpaceX is also scrubbing tonight's Starlink launch attempt.
Scrub!
Update 7:44 p.m. EST: SpaceX has scrubbed tonight’s launch of a Falcon Heavy rocket from pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center "due to a ground side issue."
The rocket and payload remain "healthy," SpaceX said in a tweet.
A backup launch opportunity is available Tuesday during the same 8:14 p.m.-to-8:24 p.m. launch window.
SpaceX: 85% chance of favorable launch weather
Update 7:35 p.m. EST: SpaceX now pegs the odds of favorable weather for the upcoming Falcon Heavy launch at 85%.
That's an improvement from the Space Force's 45th Weather Squadron forecast (which was released Sunday) of 70% "go for launch" weather.
SpaceX now targeting 8:24 p.m. EST launch
Update 7:28 p.m. EST: SpaceX officials have just pushed back the Falcon Heavy's 8:14 p.m. liftoff target time to 8:24 p.m.
That's right at the end of tonight's 10-minute launch window.
SpaceX Falcon Heavy launch countdown
Update 7:17 p.m. EST: Here are key milestones in the upcoming Falcon Heavy launch timeline:
53 minutes:
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