this morning of this Starlink mission from Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. ET: SpaceX is now working toward liftoff at 8:20 a.m. If the new time holds and the weather looks better, fueling should start about 7:42 a.m. SpaceX reports that weather has improved to a 90% chance of "go" conditions, but upper-level winds are a concern. ET: SpaceX continues counting down to liftoff of the Starlink 6-4 mission at 8:20 a.m. ET: SpaceX has started loading kerosene and liquid oxygen into the Falcon 9 rocket's first stage at Launch Complex 40. Here's what's left in the countdown:Ġ0:07:00 minutes: Falcon 9 begins engine chill prior to launch00:01:00 minutes: Command flight computer to begin final prelaunch checks00:01:00 minutes: Propellant tank pressurization to flight pressure begins00:00:45 minutes: SpaceX Launch Director verifies go for launch00:00:03 minutes: Engine controller commands engine ignition sequence to start00:00:00 Falcon 9 liftoff Falcon 9 fueling underway:ħ:50 a.m. ET: Ten minutes remain until SpaceX attempts to launch a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station with 22 second-generation Starlink V2 Mini satellites. The Falcon 9 first-stage booster successfully landed aboard the "Just Read the Instructions" drone ship stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.Ĩ:10 a.m. Updates from Sunday's event below: The Falcon 9 has landed: Please support it with a subscription here. Journalism like this takes time and resources. Space is important to us and that's why we're working to bring you top coverage of the industry and Florida launches. Look for FLORIDA TODAY's live launch coverage to begin 90 minutes before liftoff at. Liftoff of SpaceX's CRS-28 mission for NASA is set for 12:12 p.m. A Dragon capsule packed with thousands of pounds of cargo, supplies, and science experiments for the crew of the International Space Station will fly atop the 230-foot rocket. SpaceX is set to fly another Falcon 9 rocket today but from nearby Kennedy Space Center's pad 39A instead. Shortly after liftoff, the Falcon 9 first-stage booster will target a drone ship landing in the Atlantic Ocean. The 230-foot rocket will fly from Launch Complex 40 along a southeastern trajectory with 22 second-generation V2 Mini Starlink internet satellites. SpaceX launch doubleheader: Two Falcon 9 rockets are set to fly from Florida on Sunday ET Sunday, June 4, for the launch of a Falcon 9 rocket and another batch of Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.įorecasters with Space Launch Delta 45 have predicted a 90% chance of "go" weather conditions for liftoff of the first of two Falcon 9 missions that SpaceX has scheduled today, marking the Space Coast's 27th and 28th launches of the year.
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EDT with 22 second-generation Starlink V2 Mini internet satellites from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida! After a flight toward the southeast, the rocket's first stage also landed on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean.
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