Latest news with #Starlink6-67
Yahoo
19-05-2025
- Climate
- Yahoo
SpaceX launch recap: Live updates from Starlink mission May 14 from Cape Canaveral, Florida
Launch recap: Scroll down to review live updates from from Cape Canaveral on the Starlink 6-67 mission. Original story: After a string of nighttime launches from Florida's Space Coast, SpaceX aims to send up a Falcon 9 rocket today during a lunch-hour launch. Welcome to FLORIDA TODAY Space Team live coverage of today's SpaceX Starlink 6-67 mission from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. SpaceX is targeting 12:38 p.m. to send up the rocket from Launch Complex 40. In a highly favorable forecast, the Space Force's 45th Weather Squadron predicted odds of "go for launch" weather at 95%, with cumulus clouds posing only "a very small chance of a violation." The Falcon 9 will deploy a batch of 28 Starlink internet satellites into low-Earth orbit. After soaring skyward along a southeasterly trajectory, the rocket's first-stage booster will target landing aboard a SpaceX drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean. Cape Canaveral: Is there a launch today? Upcoming SpaceX, Axiom, ULA rocket launch schedule at Cape Canaveral Countdown Timer Update 12:47 p.m.: The Falcon 9 first-stage booster just touched down atop SpaceX's drone ship A Shortfall of Gravitas in the Atlantic Ocean, wrapping up its fourth mission. Update 12:38 p.m.: Liftoff! SpaceX has just launched the Falcon 9 carrying 28 Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Update 12:32 p.m.: SpaceX's launch webcast is now posted above, right below our countdown clock. Liftoff is scheduled in six minutes from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Update 12:25 p.m.: Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex officials have opened SpaceX launch viewing areas at the Apollo/Saturn V Center (about 6.2 miles from the pad) and the Atlantis North Lawn (about 6.7 miles from the pad. Update 12:18 p.m.: Today's mission will mark the Falcon 9 first-stage booster's fourth flight, SpaceX reported. This booster previously launched the SES O3b mPOWER-E, Crew-10 and Bandwagon-3 missions. Following stage separation, crews expect the booster to land on the SpaceX drone ship A Shortfall of Gravitas in the Atlantic Ocean 8 minutes, 13 seconds after liftoff. Update 12:10 p.m.: Falcon 9 fueling procedures are now underway at Launch Complex 40, as evidenced by a frost ring forming on the rocket's exterior. That means the Starlink mission countdown is locked in to lift off at 12:38 p.m. without any delays, or else today's launch must be postponed to a later date. Update 11:55 a.m.: SpaceX has not launched a rocket during daylight hours from Florida's Space Coast since the Starlink 6-80 mission back on March 31. Today's launch should occur roughly 43 days and 21 hours after that spring-break liftoff from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Update 11:45 a.m.: Here's a rundown of SpaceX's upcoming behind-the-scenes Falcon 9 launch countdown timeline. T-minus: 38 minutes: SpaceX launch director verifies 'go' for propellant load. 35 minutes: Rocket-grade kerosene and first-stage liquid oxygen loading begins. 16 minutes: Second-stage liquid oxygen loading begins. 7 minutes: Falcon 9 begins engine chill prior to launch. 1 minute: Command flight computer begins final prelaunch checks; propellant tank pressurization to flight pressure begins. 45 seconds: SpaceX launch director verifies 'go' for launch. 3 seconds: Engine controller commands engine ignition sequence to start. 0 seconds: Liftoff. Update 11:30 a.m.: SpaceX's upcoming Falcon 9 launch will clock in as the 42nd orbital rocket launch thus far during 2025 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and NASA's neighboring Kennedy Space Center. Click here to check out the FLORIDA TODAY Space Team's updating tally listing this year's missions, complete with photo galleries and story links. Update 11:15 a.m.: A few meteorological remarks from the 45th Weather Squadron's launch forecast: "High pressure will build in from the west through the rest of the week. The ridge will create morebenign weather across the Spaceport, with only a very small chance of a Cumulus Cloud Rule violation during the primary launch opportunity," the forecast said. Update 11 a.m.: Brevard County Emergency Management officials have activated the agency's launch operations support team ahead of SpaceX's upcoming lunchtime Falcon 9 launch. For the latest news and launch schedule from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and NASA's Kennedy Space Center, visit Rick Neale is a Space Reporter at FLORIDA TODAY. Contact Neale at Rneale@ Twitter/X: @RickNeale1 Space is important to us and that's why we're working to bring you top coverage of the industry and Florida launches. Journalism like this takes time and resources. Please support it with a subscription here. This article originally appeared on Florida Today: SpaceX launch recap: Live updates from May 14 Starlink mission in Florida
Yahoo
19-05-2025
- Science
- Yahoo
321 Launch: Space news you may have missed over the past week (May 19)
Launch recap: Live updates from the Starlink 6-83 mission which launched at 1:02 a.m. on May 13 from Kennedy Space Center Pad 39A. Read the full story here. The first-stage of a Falcon 9 rocket lifted off and landed for a record-breaking 28th time early Tuesday, May 13, leaving many to wonder just how many flights SpaceX will eventually get out of a single Falcon 9. The weather had been poor for days, with the mission originally scrubbing on May 12 and then being postponed until the early hours of May 13. The bad weather finally moved offshore, and the Falcon 9 rocket lifted off at 1:02 a.m. from NASA's Kennedy Space Center Pad 39A with 28 Starlink internet satellites. Read the full story here. 3 ... 2 ... 1 ... liftoff! A career at NASA helping to execute both crewed and uncrewed rocket launches from the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida was recently voted as the "coolest" job in all of the state. Read the full story here. Launch recap: Scroll down to review live updates from the Wednesday, May 14, liftoff of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral on the Starlink 6-67 mission. Read the full story here. For the first time in more than six weeks, SpaceX launched a rocket during daylight hours from Florida's Space Coast on Wednesday, May 14 — snapping a string of 14 consecutive company liftoffs cloaked in nighttime darkness. SpaceX's Falcon 9 bolted off the pad at 12:38 p.m. from Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, carrying 28 Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit. Read the full story here. Those waiting for the next launch do not have to wait long, as a Falcon 9 rocket is set to take to the Cape Canaveral skies again early next week. This mission comes after the lunchtime April 14 SpaceX Starlink mission, which drew spectators to watch the rocket rise into the bright afternoon sky. Read the full story here. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will light up the sky tonight on a Starlink delivery mission. While SpaceX has yet to confirm, the liftoff is set to occur no earlier than 11:40 p.m. from Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 40. Launch opportunities exist until 12:46 a.m. Tuesday, May 20. Read the full story here. For the latest news from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and NASA's Kennedy Space Center, visit Rick Neale is a Space Reporter at FLORIDA TODAY. Contact Neale at Rneale@ Twitter/X: @RickNeale1 Space is important to us and that's why we're working to bring you top coverage of the industry and Florida launches. Journalism like this takes time and resources. Please support it with a subscription here. This article originally appeared on Florida Today: 321 Launch: Space news you may have missed over the past week (May 19)
