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UPDATE: Weather Forecast Shows Conditions 80-Percent Favorable for Wednesday Night SpaceX Rocket Launch from Cape Canaveral

By  //  April 27, 2021

Launch is targeted for 12:05 a.m ET

The latest weather forecast for Wednesday night’s SpaceX rocket launch shows conditions are 80-percent favorable as a Falcon 9 rocket carrying a Starlink mission is ready to liftoff from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Wednesday, April 28. (SpaceX Image)

BREVARD COUNTY • CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA – The latest weather forecast for Wednesday night’s SpaceX rocket launch shows conditions are 80-percent favorable as a Falcon 9 rocket carrying a Starlink mission is ready to liftoff from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Wednesday, April 28.

Launch is targeted for 11:44 p.m ET.

The primary weather concern for the launch is liftoff winds.

The mission will launch around 60 satellites for SpaceX’s Starlink broadband network.

Following first-stage separation, SpaceX will attempt to land the booster engine on drone ship ‘Just Read The Instructions’ in the Atlantic ocean.

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

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