SpaceX stopped its countdown clock on the launch of twenty-two more Starlink satellites on Sunday night and rescheduled the mission for Monday, October 9, at 8:42 P.M. EDT.
On Sunday night, high winds caused a 24-hour delay within the launch, which was set to be the primary of two back-to-back Starlink launches for SpaceX.
Standing down from tonight’s Falcon 9 launch attempt attributable to upper level winds, teams are assessing the following available opportunity
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) October 9, 2023
This launch was set to happen from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Sunday night, with the second launch set to be from California’s Vandenberg Space Force Base at 3:23 A.M. EDT on Monday morning.
The California launch from a special Falcon 9 spacecraft launched 21 Starlink satellites earlier today. The launch from California was the 71st orbital launch of the yr. When the launch from Cape Canaveral takes flight, it is going to be the 72nd.
Falcon 9 launches 21 @Starlink satellites to orbit from California pic.twitter.com/4gEHa07JPJ
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) October 9, 2023
SpaceX is ready for potential delays on this evening’s launch, because it has also announced 4 additional backup opportunities that span from 9:32 p.m. EDT until 12:10 a.m. EDT, the latter time going down early Tuesday morning, October 10.
After the launch, Falcon 9’s first stage will return for a vertical landing at sea on A Shortfall of Gravitas about 8 and a half minutes after launch, in keeping with
There have been no issues with the launch from California’s Vandenberg Space Force Base this morning, and the launch went in keeping with plan.
Liftoff! pic.twitter.com/dhvM12Z1nQ
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) October 9, 2023
The primary stage landed on the Of Course I Still Love You droneship after a successful launch.
SpaceX will broadcast the launch from Cape Canaveral this evening on X, formerly referred to as Twitter.