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## AI legalese decoder: Helping to Understand Launch Delays and Updates

Gear up for an afternoon SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launch today from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center.

Welcome to FLORIDA TODAY’s Space Team live coverage of the 2:42 p.m. EDT SpaceX Starlink 6-56 mission from pad 39A. The original launch target was 11 a.m. — but the company has announced a trio of delays, pushing liftoff to the end of today’s window.

The Falcon 9 will deploy a batch of Starlink internet satellites, which are packed inside the fairing atop the 230-foot rocket.

Expect 90% odds of favorable weather, per the Space Force’s 45th Weather Squadron, with a slight concern of sea breeze-fueled cumulus clouds and a moderate risk of detrimental solar activity.

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No Central Florida sonic booms are expected with this mission. After ascending skyward along a southeasterly trajectory, the rocket’s first-stage booster will target landing aboard a SpaceX drone ship out at sea nearly 8½ minutes after liftoff.

When SpaceX’s live webcast hosted on X (formerly Twitter) becomes available about five minutes before liftoff, it will be posted below the countdown clock.

### SpaceX to launch 2nd rocket later today

Update 12:30 p.m.: Tonight, SpaceX crews are scheduled to launch a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.

That 10:48 p.m. EDT mission will lift 20 Starlink satellites — including 13 with direct-to-cell communication capabilities — into low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East.

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#### SpaceX delays launch for a third time

Update 11:56 a.m.: SpaceX has announced a third delay, pushing today’s liftoff attempt back to the tail end of the 2:42 p.m. launch window. If needed, more launch opportunities are available Thursday starting at 10:16 a.m.

### Launch to occur amid summertime weather

Update 11:45 a.m.: The National Weather Service forecasts sunny skies, a high near 86, and southeast wind of 10 to 15 mph this afternoon at adjacent Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Gusts may reach as high as 20 mph. Today through Friday will bring the warmest weather much of East-Central Florida has experienced this year — with record high temperatures in the forecast, a NWS tweet said.

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### SpaceX announces another launch delay

Update 11:18 a.m.: Another delay: SpaceX is now targeting 2:10 p.m. for today’s launch.

### SpaceX launch prep underway in Brevard

Update 11 a.m.: Despite today’s delayed liftoff target, Brevard County Emergency Management officials have activated the agency’s launch operations support team ahead of SpaceX’s upcoming Falcon 9 launch.

### Launch to occur just north of Starliner pad

Update 10:35 a.m.: Today’s SpaceX Starlink mission at KSC’s pad 39A will lift off within easy eyeshot of nearby Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. That’s where a United Launch Alliance Atlas V will launch NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore to the International Space Station during the inaugural crewed mission of Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft. After a Monday scrub, that historic Starliner launch will now occur no earlier than 6:16 p.m. May 17.

### SpaceX delays launch to 1:34 p.m.

Update 10:05 a.m.: We’ve got a 2½-hour launch delay. SpaceX just announced the new target liftoff time is 1:34 p.m. The company has not publicly cited a reason for the delay.

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### SpaceX launch countdown timeline

Update 9:50 a.m.: Following is a list of SpaceX’s upcoming countdown key events. T-minus:

– 38 minutes: SpaceX launch director verifies “go” for propellant load.
– 35 minutes: Rocket-grade kerosene and first-stage liquid oxygen loading begins.
– 16 minutes: Second-stage liquid oxygen loading begins.
– 7 minutes: Falcon 9 begins engine chill prior to launch.
– 1 minute: Command flight computer begins final prelaunch checks; propellant tank pressurization to flight pressure begins.

For the latest news 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 [email protected]. Twitter/X: @RickNeale1

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