321 Launch: Space news you may have missed over the past week (Oct. 10)
SpaceX launched Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral after delays amid wind, rain
Another SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket illuminated the darkened Space Coast skies early Thursday morning as a Starlink mission delivered 22 satellites into low-Earth orbit.
SpaceX's Starlink 6-21 mission took flight at 1:36 a.m. EDT from Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
Amazon's first satellite mission launched Friday on a ULA Atlas V rocket
For only the third time this year, United Launch Alliance sent a rocket to space from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Friday afternoon — this time on a mission to support Amazon's planned satellite internet constellation.
At 2:06 p.m. EDT, a powerful 196-foot Atlas V rocket roared away from Launch Complex 41 to carry the prototype KuiperSat-1 and KuiperSat-2 satellites to orbit for Amazon, marking the 54th launch from Florida's Space Coast this year.
Scrub! SpaceX Falcon 9 launch canceled late Sunday at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station
SpaceX crews scrubbed the countdown of tonight's Starlink 6-22 mission just 23 seconds before the Falcon 9 rocket was scheduled to lift off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, citing upper-level winds. Target launch time is now 8:42 p.m. EDT Monday.
Upcoming launches:
October 12: SpaceX's NASA Psyche
Company / Agency: SpaceX for NASA
Rocket: SpaceX Falcon Heavy
Location: Pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center
Launch Time: 10:16 a.m. EDT
Trajectory: East
Weather: TBD
Landing: Landing Zones 1 and 2 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station
Live coverage: Starts 90 minutes before liftoff at floridatoday.com/space
About: SpaceX will launch a triple-core Falcon Heavy rocket from Kennedy Space Center in Florida with NASA's Psyche spacecraft that's designed to study a metal asteroid orbiting the sun between Mars and Jupiter.
Notes: Rescheduled from October 5 to allow teams more time to complete technical checkouts of the spacecraft.
Rocket launch schedule: Upcoming Florida launches and landings
Contact Jamie Groh at JGroh@floridatoday.com and follow her on X at @AlteredJamie.
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