BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. — Update #3: The Eutelsat 10B successfully lifted off as scheduled at 9:57 p.m. Tuesday.
The launch carries a communications satellite for a French satellite operator. It is set to liftoff at 9:57 p.m.
Deployment of Eutelsat 10B confirmed pic.twitter.com/2TwjY8ObzS
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) November 23, 2022
Update #2: The second of two planned launches for Tuesday is still expected to blast off from Florida’s Space Coast tonight.
The launch will carry a communications satellite for a French satellite operator. It is set to liftoff at 9:57 p.m.
“Unfavorable weather” forced crews to stand down on this afternoon’s launch of the CRS-26.
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Update: “Unfavorable weather” has forced crews to stand down on this afternoon’s launch of the CRS-26, SpaceX tweeted.
The launch was set for 3:54 p.m. form the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The new launch window is Saturday at 2:20 p.m.
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Due to unfavorable weather, we are standing down from today's launch of CRS-26. Next launch opportunity is Saturday, November 26 at 2:20 p.m. ET
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) November 22, 2022
The second launch planned for today, which will carry a communications satellite for a French satellite operator, is still set for 9:57 p.m. tonight as of 4 p.m. Tuesday.
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SpaceX is scheduled to launch not one, but two Falcon 9 rockets on Tuesday.
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Monday’s planned launch was delayed to Tuesday evening after another planned launch in the afternoon.
Watch: SpaceX launches Falcon Heavy rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station
Now both launches will happen just hours apart.
The first Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled to lift off at 3:54 p.m. from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
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The afternoon launch is one of NASA’s commercial resupply missions to provide supplies and other equipment to the International Space Station.
The second launch is scheduled for 9:57 p.m. and will carry a communications satellite for a French satellite operator.
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Channel 9 will monitor both scheduled launches Tuesday and will provide updates on Eyewitness News.
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