SpaceX has three launches planned for the second week of January as the company furiously moves into the new year.
was targeting coast-to-coast launches in Florida and California. Due to the weather, only the Florida launch went up as planned.
Those on Florida's Space Coast could likely hear and feel the Falcon 9 booster when it broke the sound barrier on reentry. The sonic booms from the rocket landings have been known to travel as far inland as the Orlando area. When it happens, the Falcon 9’s first stage booster will return to Earth and land on the droneship called "Of Course I Still Love You" stationed in the Pacific Ocean.
A front will make its way across central Florida on Friday bringing rain and possible thunderstorms, however, it will quickly move through the Spaceport area leaving cooler, dryer air in the region, according to the launch forecast. Saturday will have mostly clear skies and temperatures in the mid-40s near Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The only weather concern for the launch window will be liftoff winds.
Two Falcon Heavy rocket boosters returning to land at Cape Canaveral Landing Zone 1 after launching the Arabsat-6A satellite from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on April 11, 2019.
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