SpaceX targeting rocket launch Tuesday morning on Starlink satellite mission at Cape Canaveral
This Starlink 10-28 mission will lift another payload of broadband satellites on a northeasterly trajectory into low-Earth orbit. The 4½-hour launch window extends from 1:48 a.m. to 6:18 a.m.
SpaceX has yet to publicly announce information about this mission. The FAA lists the launch site as pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center — but if a recent pattern with those federal advisories holds, the Falcon 9 will instead lift of from nearby Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
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The National Weather Service forecast for Monday night-Tuesday morning calls for a chance of showers and thunderstorms before 11 p.m., followed by a slight chance of showers until 2 a.m. Mostly cloudy skies should otherwise prevail, with a low near 75 and south wind 5 to 10 mph. Overall chance of precipitation: 30%.
SpaceX's upcoming Falcon 9 mission will clock in as the 59th orbital rocket launch thus far during 2025 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and KSC.
Looking to the future, Space Force officials announced SpaceX was awarded $81.6 million to launch the USSF-178 mission during the first half of the 2027 fiscal year.
This includes the Space Force's Space Systems Command's Weather System Follow-on-Microwave Space Vehicle 2 — or WSF-M2 — which will deliver improved global sensing for weather-prediction models. The mission also includes BLAZE-2, a collection of Department of Defense small satellites for operational, research, development and prototype purposes.
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Rick Neale is a Space Reporter at FLORIDA TODAY. Contact Neale at Rneale@floridatoday.com. Twitter/X: @RickNeale1
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