POSTPONED: United Launch Alliance Halts Atlas V Rocket Launch Monday from Cape Canaveral
By Space Coast Daily // June 16, 2025
Coverage of the launch can be seen on Space Coast Daily TV
BREVARD COUNTY • CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA – United Launch Alliance postponed Monday’s launch of an Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral on Monday.
ULA says the delay was due to “an elevated purge temperature within the booster engine.”
Liftoff was targeted for 1:25 p.m. EDT.
A new launch date has not been set.
United Launch Alliance (ULA) will use its Atlas V rocket to deliver the second batch of Project Kuiper satellites into space for Amazon.
Project Kuiper is Amazon’s low Earth orbit satellite broadband network. Its mission is to provide fast, reliable internet to customers around the world, including those in unserved and underserved communities, using a constellation of more than 3,200 LEO satellites.
The forecast from the Space Force’s Space Launch Delta 45 weather squadron and Launch Weather Officer Jimmy Taeger for Monday afternoon’s launch of Atlas V indicates a 75-percent chance of acceptable conditions. The Cumulus Cloud Rule is the only concern.
“Surface high pressure to the east will maintain southeasterly flow across the Spaceport during the primary and back-up launch opportunities. In this regime, showers and thunderstorms can begin to develop across the region in the early afternoon. However, high pressure aloft and dry air near the region may help limit shower and thunderstorm development early in the week,” the weather team says.
The launch time forecast for 1:25 p.m. EDT (1725 UTC) includes scattered clouds and high-level cirrus, a chance of isolated showers, good visibility, southeasterly winds 13 to 18 knots and a temperature near 82 degrees F.
If the launch moves to the backup opportunity on Tuesday for some reason, there is again a 75-percent chance of meeting the weather rules.
Coverage of the launch can be seen on Space Coast Daily TV.
