SpaceX launch today: Everything to know about the Türksat launch from Cape Canaveral
It's launch day! A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is slated to send the Türksat 6A communications satellite up into orbit this afternoon — but will stormy summertime cooperate?
SpaceX is targeting 5:20 p.m. EDT to launch a Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, navigational warnings show.
However, the Space Force's 45th Weather Squadron only forecasts 30% odds of "go for launch" weather, citing coastal afternoon thunderstorms. Primary concerns: cumulus clouds, anvil clouds and surface electric fields.
No Central Florida sonic booms are expected. After soaring skyward along a due east trajectory, the rocket's first-stage booster will target landing aboard a SpaceX drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean.
Check back for live FLORIDA TODAY Space Team launch coverage updates on this page, starting about 90 minutes before the launch target time. When SpaceX's live webcast hosted on X (formerly Twitter) becomes available before liftoff, it will be posted below the countdown clock.
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For the latest news and launch schedule from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and NASA's Kennedy Space Center, visit floridatoday.com/space.
Rick Neale is a Space Reporter at FLORIDA TODAY. Contact Neale at Rneale@floridatoday.com. Twitter/X: @RickNeale1
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