BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. — Update: Tonight’s rocket launch has been delayed.
The ARABSAT BADR-8 mission will now target 11:25 p.m. on Friday.
The delay will “allow more time for pre-launch checkouts and for weather conditions to improve,” SpaceX tweeted.
Now targeting Friday, May 26 for Falcon 9’s launch of the @Arabsat BADR-8 mission from SLC-40 in Florida to allow more time for pre-launch checkouts and for weather conditions to improve → https://t.co/bJFjLCiTbK
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) May 25, 2023
Read our earlier version below:
SpaceX crews are working to launch a Falcon 9 rocket Wednesday night from Florida’s Space Coast.
SpaceX is aiming to launch a communications satellite into orbit for the ARABSAT BADR-8 mission.
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The 127-minute launch window opens at 11:25 p.m.
The weather forecast is 20% favorable for the launch.
Watch: SpaceX, Axiom-2 astronauts dock at International Space Station
SpaceX said the first stage booster for this mission previously launched GPS III Space Vehicle 04, GPS III Space Vehicle 05, Inspiration4, Ax-1, Nilesat 301, OneWeb Launch 17, and seven Starlink missions.
The first stage booster will attempt to land on SpaceX’s “Just Read the Instructions” droneship in the Atlantic Ocean.
Watch: Liftoff: Falcon 9 rocket launches 22 Starlink satellites from the Space Coast
Channel 9 will monitor the rocket launch and will provide live coverage on Eyewitness News.
Falcon 9 is vertical at SLC-40 ahead of tonight’s launch of the @Arabsat BADR-8 mission; weather is 20% favorable for liftoff → https://t.co/bJFjLCiTbK pic.twitter.com/Jdd01sO8iR
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) May 24, 2023
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