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SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket Launch From Cape Canaveral Slated For Tuesday, March 6

By  //  March 4, 2018

Launch window opens at 12:33 a.m. ET

SpaceX announced that the Falcon 9 rocket launch from Cape Canaveral carrying the Hispasat 30W-6 communications satellite is scheduled for Tuesday, March 6, after a stand down order was given this past weekend for the launch due to testing on the fairing’s pressurization system. (SpaceX Image)

BREVARD COUNTY • CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA – SpaceX announced that the Falcon 9 rocket launch from Cape Canaveral carrying the Hispasat 30W-6 communications satellite is scheduled for Tuesday, March 6, after a stand down order was given this past weekend for the launch due to testing on the fairing’s pressurization system.

Launch window is set to open at 12:33 a.m. ET and will close at 2:33 a.m. ET.

The upcoming launch will be the first launch for SpaceX from Cape Canaveral since the record-breaking Falcon Heavy launch on February 6.

According to SpaceFlightNow, Hispasat 30W-6 satellite will provide television, broadband, corporate networks and other communications services over Europe, North Africa and the Americas.

Coverage of the launch can be seen on Space Coast Daily TV.

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