It’s launch day!
However, the Space Force’s 45th Weather Squadron only predicts a 40% chance of “go for launch” weather — citing liftoff winds, upper-level wind shear and rough waves interfering with the SpaceX Falcon 9’s first-stage booster landing atop a drone ship.
SpaceX is targeting a window from 11 p.m. EST overnight to 3:31 a.m. Monday to launch the Starlink 6-34 mission from Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, a Federal Aviation Administration navigational warning shows.
The Falcon 9 will deploy a batch of Starlink internet satellites, which are packed inside the nose cone atop the 230-foot rocket.
No local sonic booms are expected. After soaring skyward along a southeastern trajectory, the booster will target landing aboard a drone ship out at sea 8½ minutes after liftoff.
Check back for live FLORIDA TODAY Space Team launch coverage updates on this page, starting about 90 minutes before the launch window opens. When SpaceX’s live webcast hosted on X (formerly Twitter) becomes available about five minutes before liftoff, it will be posted at the top of this page.
For the latest launch schedule updates at the Cape, visit floridatoday.com/launchschedule.
Rick Neale is a Space Reporter at FLORIDA TODAY (for more of his stories, click here.) Contact Neale at 321-242-3638 or rneale@floridatoday.com. Twitter/X: @RickNeale1
This article originally appeared on Florida Today: SpaceX launch tonight: Here’s what to know before liftoff from the Cape
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