KKENEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. – SpaceX scrubbed another launch attempt of its Falcon Heavy rocket Friday, only one day after weather prevented liftoff from Florida’s Space Coast.
SpaceX did not disclose why it was standing down from the mission, but said the vehicle and payload remain healthy.
The forecast called for a 70% chance of favorable weather conditions and the launch was set to take place two hours after the successful Falcon 9 launch from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
Now, the next launch window is set to open at 7:29 p.m. Sunday with an 80% chance of favorable weather.
Latest weather forecast shows an 80% chance of favorable conditions during Falcon Heavy's launch window on Sunday pic.twitter.com/cY9PeV6uv9
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) April 29, 2023
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The Falcon Heavy rocket will carry a ViaSat-3 communications satellite into orbit. The mission will also carry a second payload, a small communications satellite called Arcturus, for Astranis.
One of the side boosters on the mission previously supported Arabsat-6A, STP-2, COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation FM2, KPLO and three Starlink missions. The other previously supported launch of Arabsat-6A and STP-2, according to SpaceX.
Falcon Heavy is vertical on LC-39A in Florida ahead of tonight's targeted launch of @ViasatInc’s ViaSat-3 Americas mission → https://t.co/ulZth3yuU5 pic.twitter.com/TSjc7BPT5I
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) April 26, 2023
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