WATCH: ULA, SpaceX complete 2 successful rocket launches from Florida’s Space Coast on Thursday
Florida’s Space Coast hosted two rocket launches on Thursday.
7:29 p.m.
Liftoff! pic.twitter.com/dAQGvpcOCX
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) August 4, 2022
Both SpaceX and United Launch Alliance completed two successful rocket launches on Thursday.
Crowds gathered early for the ULA launch and in the early evening for the SpaceX launch.
Both companies said they were able to reach orbit with their payloads.
Watch the launch below:
6:10 p.m. update:
With the successful launch of ULA’s Atlas V rocket Thursday morning, all eyes are now on SpaceX to deliver the second launch of the day.
Channel 9 will have live coverage of the SpaceX launch and continuing coverage on Eyewitness News.
Original report:
Florida’s Space Coast is set to be busy with a pair of rocket launches Thursday.
The first launch will be a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying the SBIRS GEO 6 mission for the U.S. Space Force.
The two-stage #AtlasV 421 rocket for #SBIRSGEO6 stands 194 feet (59.1 meters) tall, incorporates two GEM 63 solid rocket boosters, features a single RL10C-1-1 engine on the Centaur upper stage and encapsulates the satellites in a 4.2-meter-diameter (13.8-foot) payload fairing. pic.twitter.com/pVPYG7iOHu
— ULA (@ulalaunch) August 4, 2022
The launch will complete the Space Force’s SBIRS constellation which will provide missile warning and defense for the U.S. military.
The launch window opens at 6:29 a.m.
Read: SpaceX and ULA set for rocket launches from Florida’s Space Coast this week
The second launch, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying a lunar orbiter for South Korea will launch from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Thursday evening.
Targeting Thursday, August 4 at 7:08 p.m. ET for a Falcon 9 launch of KPLO to a ballistic lunar transfer orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 in Florida
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) August 3, 2022
The launch is set for 7:08 p.m. from Space Launch Complex 40.
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Watch both launches as they happen here and on WFTV Ch 9 as they happen.
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