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Update: Falcon Nine Takes Off at 6:59 a. m. EDT!The rocket effectively sent 53 Starlink Internet satellites into low-Earth orbit and landed on the Shortfall of Gravitas drone in the Atlantic Ocean. Read our full post-launch story here.
Then Atlas V and Starliner are fit to take off from Cape Canaveral at 6:54 p. m. And on Thursday, May 19. Learn more about this project below.
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Conditions appear favorable for the next consecutive Space Coast launch from Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Space Force Station this week.
If schedules hold, SpaceX is first on KSC’s Pad 3nineA with a batch of Starlink Internet satellites scheduled to take off on Wednesday, May 18 at 6:20 a. m. m. EDT. Falcon rocket nine.
“Southerly winds will keep temperatures high in central Florida and allow daily sea breeze interactions to produce remote showers and thunderstorms each afternoon and evening,” Delta space launch meteorologists said. “On Tuesday and Wednesday, the remnants of the border will mostly prevent north of the Space Coast, but will add ingredients to the politics and intensity of showers and thunderstorms. “
This will mark the company’s 48th launch of the constellation and, along a northeastern trajectory, will come with a drone landing in the Atlantic Ocean.
About 36 hours after Falcon 9, United Launch Alliance is next in the Cordillera Oriental. An Atlas V rocket supplied with a Boeing Starliner capsule will see the company’s moment try to succeed autonomously on the Unmanned International Space Station after a failed 2019 edition and had to return to Earth earlier than expected.
Conditions must be 70% “go” for Thursday’s takeoff at 18h54. ET from Cape’s launch complex 41.
“For (the rocket deployment) on Wednesday, more commonly dry situations are expected with only a small, less than 20 percent chance, of rain or thunderstorm in the afternoon as the Atlantic sea breeze expands and moves inland,” forecasters said Monday. “Similar situations are expected on Thursday with remote activity in the afternoon expected to expand near or just west of the release complex. “
If all goes according to plan, Atlas V will propel Starliner into orbit, where it will fly to the ISS and dock there. Diversity of Sands missiles in New Mexico.
Boeing’s Starliner and SpaceX’s Crew Dragon were decided through NASA to send astronauts back to the ISS after the space shuttle program ended in 2011. SpaceX has flown five crews since 2020, while Boeing plans to fly its first this year if Thursday’s launch goes well. .
Boeing’s project is also known as Orbital Flight 2 or OFT-2.
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Launch Wednesday, May 18
Visit floridatoday. com/space at five a. m. EDT on Wednesday, May 18 for real-time updates and a video of the Falcon nine launch.
Launch Thursday, May 19
Visit floridatoday. com/space at five p. m. EL Thursday, May 19 for real-time updates and a video of the Atlas V launch.