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UPDATE: Tuesday’s SpaceX Launch Carrying Starlink 3 From Cape Canaveral Postponed Due to Weather

By  //  January 21, 2020

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launch will carry the fourth batch of approximately 60 satellites for SpaceX’s Starlink broadband network

SpaceX has postponed the Falcon 9 launch set for Tuesday due to extreme weather in the recovery area. SpaceX said in a tweet on Monday that a static fire for the rocket had been successful but engineers were evaluating the next best launch opportunity. (SpaceX Image)

BREVARD COUNTY • CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA – SpaceX has postponed the Falcon 9 launch set for Tuesday due to extreme weather in the recovery area.

SpaceX said in a tweet on Monday that a static fire for the rocket had been successful but engineers were evaluating the next best launch opportunity.

SpaceX had scheduled to launch the Starlink 3 mission aboard a Falcon 9 rocket this Tuesday, January 21, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 11:59 a.m. ET

The launch will carry the fourth batch of approximately 60 satellites for SpaceX’s Starlink broadband network.

After liftoff, SpaceX will attempt to recover the first-stage booster engine on a drone ship ‘Of Course, I Still Love You’ stationed out in the Atlantic.

Coverage of the launch can be seen on Space Coast Daily TV, stay tuned for updates.

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