Friday, July 10, 2020

Dismal Weather Forces SpaceX Starlink Launch Scrub, Retargeted to July 11: Photos


SpaceX Falcon 9 for 10th Starlink comsat launch stands vertical at Launch Complex-39A on NASA’s Kennedy Space Center below dismal weather that forced launch scrub on July 8 as it was vigorously venting liquid oxygen (LOX) in final minutes of countdown – now retargeted to July 11, 2020. Credit: Jean Wright/spaceupclose.com
9 July 2020

Ken Kremer - - For SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER/TITUSVILLE, FL –  A late morning front with dismal weather pushed into the Florida Space Coast Wednesday morning as expected dumping torrential rain and lightning strikes in and around the Cape and thus forced another multiday scrub by the SpaceX team to the launch of the next batch of their Starlink broadband internet satellites to the weekend from the Kennedy Space Center.

Complete article here:
https://www.spaceupclose.com/2020/07/dismal-weather-forces-spacex-starlink-launch-scrub-retargeted-to-july-11-photos/

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