Updates: Following is dwell protection of Sunday’s 4:08 p.m. EST liftoff of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on the SES O3b mPOWER 5 and 6 mission from Cape Canaveral Area Pressure Station in Florida.
Welcome to FLORIDA TODAY’s Area Staff dwell protection of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 launch this afternoon from Cape Canaveral Area Pressure Station.
SpaceX is concentrating on an 89-minute window from 4:08 to five:37 p.m. EST to launch a rocket carrying a pair of communications satellites from Launch Complicated 40 at Cape Canaveral Area Pressure Station.
The Falcon 9 is flying below contract with SES, a Luxembourg-based firm that can place two extra of its Boeing-built O3b mPOWER satellites into medium-Earth orbit.
After hovering skyward from Launch Complicated 40, the Falcon 9’s first-stage booster will goal touchdown aboard a drone ship out at sea 8 minutes, 43 seconds after liftoff. No native sonic booms are anticipated throughout at this time’s mission.
SpaceX Falcon 9 booster lands
Replace 4:16 p.m. EST: The Falcon 9 first-stage booster simply landed aboard SpaceX’s drone ship A Shortfall of Gravitas out on the Atlantic Ocean, wrapping up its ninth flight.
Liftoff!
Replace 4:08 p.m. EST: SpaceX has launched a Falcon 9 rocket carrying a pair of SES O3b mPOWER satellites from Launch Complicated 40 at Cape Canaveral Area Pressure Station.
Subsequent, the first-stage booster ought to land on a SpaceX drone ship out on the Atlantic Ocean.
SpaceX dwell launch webcast underway
Replace 4:02 p.m. EST: SpaceX’s dwell launch webcast hosted on X (previously Twitter) is now posted on the high of this web page.
Liftoff is scheduled in six minutes from Cape Canaveral Area Pressure Station.
SpaceX Falcon 9 fueling underway
Replace 3:59 p.m. EST: 9 minutes earlier than at this time’s 4:08 p.m. launch window opens, visible cues point out Falcon 9 fueling procedures are properly underway.
Meaning at this time’s SES O3b mPOWER mission is now dedicated to elevate off at this time, or else the launch should be postponed.
SpaceX booster to land on drone ship
Replace 3:47 p.m. EST: Tonight’s mission marks the ninth flight for this Falcon 9 first-stage booster, SpaceX reviews.
Following stage separation, the booster is slated to land on the drone ship A Shortfall of Gravitas out on the Atlantic Ocean 8 minutes, 43 seconds after liftoff.
SpaceX Falcon 9 launch countdown
Replace 3:22 p.m. EST: Following is an inventory of key milestones within the upcoming Falcon 9 countdown timeline:
- 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 previous to launch.
- 1 minute: Command flight laptop begins remaining prelaunch checks; propellant tank pressurization to flight stress begins.
- 45 seconds: SpaceX launch director verifies “go” for launch.
- 3 seconds: Engine controller instructions engine ignition sequence to begin.
- 0 seconds: Falcon 9 liftoff.
SpaceX launch climate: overcast skies
Replace: 3:11 p.m. EST: Skies above Cape Canaveral Area Pressure Station are overcast with a temperature of 76 and north wind of 13 mph, the Nationwide Climate Service reviews.
The Area Pressure’s forty fifth Climate Squadron beforehand forecasted a 70% probability of “go” climate for at this time’s launch.
SpaceX to launch SES satellites
Replace 2:55 p.m. EST: This morning, SES tweeted a quartet of images that includes its third pair of O3b mPOWER satellites, which is able to head into orbit atop the Falcon 9 rocket.
These will mark satellites No. 5 and 6 within the firm’s deliberate sequence of 13 in orbit.
For the newest schedule updates on the Cape, go to floridatoday.com/launchschedule.
Rick Neale is a Area Reporter at FLORIDA TODAY (for extra of his tales, click on right here.) Contact Neale at 321-242-3638 or rneale@floridatoday.com. Twitter/X: @RickNeale1
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