It’s another weekend launch day — with a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket scheduled to lift off for the second straight morning from Florida’s Space Coast.
Welcome to FLORIDA TODAY Space Team live coverage of today’s SpaceX Starlink 10-7 mission. SpaceX is now targeting 10:49 a.m. EDT — more than three hours later than initially scheduled — to launch the Falcon 9 and its payload of 23 Starlink satellites from pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center.
Backup launch opportunities will only remain available until 10:59 a.m., should further delays arise. No Central Florida sonic booms are expected. After soaring skyward along a northeasterly trajectory, the rocket’s first-stage booster will target landing aboard a SpaceX drone ship out at sea roughly eight minutes after liftoff.
When SpaceX’s live webcast hosted on X (formerly Twitter) becomes available about five minutes before liftoff, it will be posted below the countdown clock.
SpaceX launch delayed more than three hours
Update 9:14 a.m.: This morning’s liftoff was originally 7:21 a.m., which SpaceX crews later incrementally adjusted to 7:23 a.m.
But delays arose. SpaceX pushed back the launch time to 9:41 a.m. — then postponed liftoff again to 10:49 a.m. SpaceX has not publicly released details on these delays.
For the latest news and launch schedule from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, visit floridatoday.com/space.
Rick Neale is a Space Reporter at FLORIDA TODAY. Contact Neale atRneale@floridatoday.com. Twitter/X: @RickNeale1
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