SpaceX scrubs Starlink launch from Vandenberg Area Pressure Base – Spaceflight Now

Replace 12:45 a.m. EST: SpaceX scrubs the Starlink mission Tuesday evening.

Poor climate proved insurmountable for the third time for SpaceX this week. After its first two makes an attempt to launch a Falcon 9 launch from Cape Canaveral supporting NASA’s PACE mission have been scuttled, on Tuesday night, SpaceX needed to stand down from launching a batch of Starlink satellites from California.

Launch groups for the Starlink 7-13 mission obtained right down to the ultimate minute of the countdown earlier than calling a scrub. The following accessible launch alternative is Wednesday, Feb. 7, at 5:17 p.m. PST (8:17 p.m. EST, 0117 UTC).

The Falcon 9 first stage booster for this launch, tail quantity B1071, shall be making its 14th flight. It most lately supported the Starlink 7-8 launch on Dec. 8, 2023.

About 8.5 minutes after liftoff, B1071 will land on the SpaceX droneship, “Of Course I Nonetheless Love You,’ which is staged out within the Pacific Ocean. If profitable, this would be the 82nd touchdown on OCISLY and the 211th droneship touchdown.

The mission was introduced hours after robust floor winds compelled SpaceX and NASA to face down from making an attempt to launch NASA’s PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem) mission from Cape Canaveral Area Pressure Station. That launch is now pushed again to 1:33 a.m. EST (0633 UTC) on Thursday, Feb. 8.

If the Starlink 7-13 launch is profitable Wednesday evening, these would be the most present stats:

• 14th launch & touchdown of B1071
• sixty fifth SpaceX launch from SLC-4E
• 133rd orbital launch from SLC-4E
• 296th Falcon 9 launch
• 82nd touchdown on OCISLY
• 270th Falcon 9 booster touchdown
• fifth orbital launch from California in 2024
• eleventh SpaceX launch in 2024
• twenty fifth orbital launch in 2024