NO-GO: United Launch Alliance Postpones Thursday Night Rocket Launch from Cape Canaveral
By Space Coast Daily // November 6, 2025
Coverage of the launch can be seen on Space Coast Daily TV
ABOVE VIDEO: ULA’s Atlas V is launching the ViaSat-3 Flight 2 ultra-high-capacity broadband spacecraft for Viasat, a global technology company helping businesses, governments and communities transform their world through connectivity. Once in service, ViaSat-3 Flight 2 is expected to more than double the bandwidth capacity of Viasat’s entire existing satellite fleet.
BREVARD COUNTY • CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA – A second countdown has begun for the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket to deliver the ViaSat-3 F2 ultra-high-capacity broadband satellite into space from Cape Canaveral.
Liftoff is scheduled for tonight at 10:16 p.m. EST from Space Launch Complex-41 at the opening of a 44-minute launch window that extends until 11:00 p.m.
ULA’s Atlas V is launching the ViaSat-3 Flight 2 ultra-high-capacity broadband spacecraft for Viasat, a global technology company helping businesses, governments and communities transform their world through connectivity. Once in service, ViaSat-3 Flight 2 is expected to more than double the bandwidth capacity of Viasat’s entire existing satellite fleet.
Following last night’s launch postponement, the cryogenic propellants were drained off of the rocket, systems deactivated and a standby state was achieved.
The launch team will move through their procedures to ready the launch vehicle and pad systems for another attempt over the course of the next seven hours.
