EST, a delay of three hours due to vehicle checkouts. New launch timeĥ:06 p.m.: SpaceX confirms a new targeted liftoff time of 8:32 p.m. The weather, currently, still looks great for liftoff. Should SpaceX need it, the launch window does extend until 9:32 p.m. Liftoff of the Falcon 9 from Pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station is targeted for 8:32 p.m. Welcome back to live coverageħ:02 p.m.: Welcome back to live coverage as we track SpaceX's countdown to launch this evening in just 90 minutes. liftoff attempt and the weather remains favorable. SpaceX continues to countdown to an 8:32 p.m. One hour until liftoffħ:32 p.m.: Now just one hour remaining until liftoff. 00:00:03 Engine controller commands engine ignition sequence to startħ:57 p.m.: SpaceX is proceeding with loading the Falcon 9 with propellant ahead of this evening's 8:32 p.m.00:00:45 SpaceX Launch Director verifies go for launch.00:01:00 Propellant tank pressurization to flight pressure begins. 00:01:00 Command flight computer to begin final prelaunch checks.00:07:00 Falcon 9 begins engine chill prior to launch.Here are the remaining milestones for the rest of the countdown: 00:35:44 Hispasat’s Amazonas Nexus deploysĨ:22 p.m.: Everything continues to proceed as expected with the fueling of the Falcon 9 ahead of a 8:32 p.m.00:02:30 1st stage main engine cutoff (MECO).00:01:12 Max Q (moment of peak mechanical stress on the rocket).Here's a look at the post-launch timeline: liftoff attempt of a Falcon 9 from Pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Liftoff!Ĩ:32 p.m.: The SpaceX Falcon 9 has lifted off from Pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.Ĩ:27 p.m.: Less than five minutes remaining until the 8:32 p.m. Updates from Monday's event below: The Falcon 9 has landedĨ:41 p.m.: The Falcon 9 first-stage booster has landed on the Just Read the Instructions drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean. Space Force.įor the latest, visit /launchschedule. Weather conditions are expected to be 95% "go" for liftoff, according to Space Launch Delta 45 forecasters with the U.S. Payload deployment is expected about 35 minutes after liftoff. Once in orbit some 22,300 miles above Earth, it will provide coverage to the Americas, Greenland, and the north and south Atlantic.Īfter liftoff Sunday, the 230-foot rocket will fly an eastern trajectory before touchdown on the Just Read the Instructions drone ship. Secured in the rocket's payload fairing is Amazonas Nexus, a roughly 10,000-pound commercial communications satellite owned by Spanish operator Hispasat. 6, for the launch of a 230-foot Falcon 9 rocket from Pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Read our full post-launch story here.įollow live updates as SpaceX targets 8:32 p.m. EST! The rocket boosted Hispasat's Amazonas Nexus communications satellite to orbit then landed on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean. Journalism like this takes time and resources. Please support it with a subscription here. Space is important to us and that's why we're working to bring you top coverage of the industry and Florida launches.
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