Artemis I Launch Weather Projected to be Favorable, Storms Expected for Saturday SpaceX Launch Written 26 August 2022
Space Launch System rocket and Orion capsule. | Credit: NASA
Florida Today reports that Florida “summertime weather could threaten a SpaceX Falcon 9 launch scheduled for Saturday night from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. On the other hand, conditions for Monday morning’s highly anticipated liftoff of NASA’s massive Space Launch System rocket and Orion capsule from Kennedy Space Center seem to be more favorable.” On Saturday night, “SpaceX teams will likely have to contend with 40% ‘go’ conditions for the 58th liftoff of dozens of Starlink satellites at 10:22 p.m. EDT from LC-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. But, Space Force forecasters expect those conditions to improve to around 60% throughout the launch window which closes just after midnight.”
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Launch scheduled for Monday, August 29, between 8:33 a.m. and 10:33 a.m. EDT