BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. — UPDATE: We’ll have to wait a little longer for the next Falcon 9 rocket launch.
SpaceX tweeted Monday evening it is standing down on Monday’s launch of the Eutelsat 10B mission to allow for “additional pre-flight checkouts.”
Liftoff is now targeted for Tuesday at 9:57 p.m. Weather is 20% favorable.
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Standing down from tonight’s launch of the Eutelsat 10B mission to allow for additional pre-flight checkouts; now targeting tomorrow, November 22 at 9:57 p.m. ET for liftoff. Weather is currently 20% favorable
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) November 22, 2022
See our previous story below:
SpaceX has plans to launch a Falcon 9 rocket from the Cape Canaveral Force Station Monday night.
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The rocket will be carrying a Eutelsat 10B communications satellite, which will give in-flight broadband data and video connectivity to countries around the world.
The Falcon 9′s first-stage booster will be expended.
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The launch will be at 9:52 p.m.
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