WATCH LIVE: SpaceX Falcon Heavy Ready to Launch Hughes JUPITER 3 Mission From Kennedy Space Center Tonight
By Space Coast Daily // July 26, 2023
coverage of the launch can be seen on Space Coast Daily
ABOVE VIDEO: The 99-minute launch window opens at 11:04 p.m. ET.
BREVARD COUNTY • CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA – SpaceX is targeting Wednesday, July 26 for Falcon Heavy’s launch of the Hughes JUPITER 3 mission to a geosynchronous transfer orbit from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
The 99-minute launch window opens at 11:04 p.m. ET (03:04 UTC on July 27. If needed, a backup launch opportunity is available on Thursday, July 27 with the same window.
Both of the side boosters on this mission previously supported USSF-44 and USSF-67.
Following stage separation, Falcon Heavy’s two side boosters will land on SpaceX’s Landing Zones 1 and 2 (LZ-1 and LZ-2) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
Coverage of the launch can be seen on Space Coast Daily.