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Weather ‘90% Favorable’ for Tonight’s SpaceX Falcon Heavy Launch From Kennedy Space Center

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launch window opens at 6:35 p.m. ET

ABOVE VIDEO: The primary launch window opens at 6:35 p.m. EDT and closes at 8:31 p.m. EDT.

BREVARD COUNTY • KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLORIDA – SpaceX is targeting Thursday, April 11, for a Falcon Heavy launch of the Arabsat-6A satellite from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

The primary launch window opens at 6:35 p.m. EDT and closes at 8:31 p.m. EDT.

The satellite will be deployed approximately 34 minutes after liftoff.

Following booster separation, Falcon Heavy’s two side boosters will attempt to land at SpaceX’s Landing Zones 1 and 2 (LZ-1 and LZ-2) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.

Falcon Heavy’s center core will attempt to land on the “Of Course I Still Love You” droneship, which will be stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.

The primary launch window opens at 6:35 p.m. EDT and closes at 8:31 p.m. EDT. (SpaceX Image)
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