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SpaceX is planning to launch 60 more Starlink internet satellites today at 10:22 am Eastern from Cape Canaveral. The booster on this flight previously was used on the Crew Dragon manned mission to the SpaceStation, and they will attempt to land it on their ocean barge for further use. Watch it at spacex.com.

Then, United Launch Alliance Delta 4-Heavy rocket will launch a classified spy satellite cargo for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office. The largest of the Delta 4 family, the Heavy version features three Common Booster Cores mounted together to form a triple-body rocket. That much-delayed launch is now set for 12:02 am Tuesday.

And for a trifecta, SpaceX will then launch the next third-generation GPS satellite for the Air Force, also from the Cape. That one is set for 9:55 - 10:10 pm Tuesday.

As if that weren't enough, Northrup Grumman has set 9:38 pm Eastern on Oct 1 to launch a cargo capsule to resupply the Space Station. This one is from Wallops Island, Virginia. It will be carried on NASA TV.

Great. More chit in the sky.

I wonder how many BTU’s are burned in a launch??

I see your internet is working today.

Rock,

Not related to your post but since I have you here, have you watched Challenger: The Final Flight?

And if so, what did you think of it?

Starlink is a big deal. It will change things a lot when it's fully operational.

Many unfortunate side effects that worry me a lot.

Neuralink + Starlink + CRISPR is NOT good.

Trav, since I lived through Challenger, and it was the most traumatic time of my life, I do NOT watch anything to do with it.

Weather is marginal for the SpaceX launch this morning, but they are going to try. Webcast starts at about 12 minutes after the hour, also on Youtube.

No go for today.

Nope. Scrubbed due to heavy clouds. New launch date to be determined.

Weather has been the bugaboo for this launch for weeks now, mostly because of tropical storms/hurricanes in the Atlantic. My guess is that SpaceX will likely stand this one down in favor of their paying customer for the launch of a GPS satellite tomorrow night. That one will get priority.

Maybe it will clear up soon!

Damn.

Thanks for the heads up Rocky. I need to try to remember the Wallops Island launch. If it's clear and at night, I can see it from my deck when it get's up over the horizon. Pretty damned cool.

Updates to all...

ULA will try (for the fifth time, I think) to launch their Delta Heavy with a spysat aboard tonight at 11:54 pm Eastern. They have scrubbed this one numerous times for various ground equipment problems and weather.

SpaceX is now targeting Thursday at 9:17 am EDT for their Starlink launch from the Cape, and then Friday at 9:43 pm for the USAF GPS sat launch.

If all go as listed, I'm pretty sure it will be the first time in history that there have been three launches on consecutive days from the Cape.

Forgot to add: The Northrup-Grumman Antares rocket launch with a resupply cargo ship for the Space Station will also launch Oct 1, from Wallops Island Virginia. That one is set for 9:38 pm EDT. FOUR launch in three days. WHEW!

Glad gas is cheap right now!

just scrubbed

That has to be embarrassing for ULA. It must really hurt them to see the reliability of the SpaceX Falcons going up on time, when they have scrub after abort after scrub. I think the Falcon Heavy needs to get the NROL payload off the ground.

Agree. Expensive, too. They have to pay for Range support and all the manpower for the launch crew each time, regardless.

Looks like SpaceX is still on for their 9:17 am launch.

Aborted and scrubbed at T-18 seconds. Ground equipment issue is what I'm hearing.

What a "Scrubathon" lately!

Spacex aborted launch at T-17 seconds.....