SpaceX launch today: Everything to know about SES O3b mPOWER launch from Cape Canaveral, Florida
SpaceX's two-hour launch window opens at 5:12 p.m. The Falcon 9 will ascend due east, then deploy two SES O3b mPOWER satellites in medium-Earth orbit.
However, the Space Force's 45th Weather Squadron forecast only calls for 50% odds of "go for launch" weather, citing potential development of showers and thunderstorms near the Cape powerful enough to pack wind gusts of 40 mph to 50 mph.
Primary meteorological concerns: anvil clouds, cumulus clouds and surface electric fields.
No Brevard County sonic booms should occur during today's mission. Rather, the rocket's first-stage booster will target landing aboard a SpaceX 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 begins about 15 minutes before liftoff, we'll post it below next to our countdown clock.
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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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