SpaceX Delays COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation FM2 Mission Due to Weather

SpaceX has delayed the launch of the Italian COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation FM2 mission, due to “poor weather conditions at the launch site tonight,” announced the company moments ago.

Standing down from today's launch of COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation FM2 due to poor weather conditions at the launch site tonight; next opportunity is tomorrow, January 29 at 6:11 p.m. EST

— SpaceX (@SpaceX) January 28, 2022

The next launch opportunity is Saturday, January 29 at 3:11pm PST/6:11pm EST, set to take place at Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

According to SpaceX, the Falcon 9 booster on this mission previously launched Arabsat-6A and STP-2 missions. Falcon 9 will autonomously land back to Earth at Landing Zone 1 (LZ-1) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

It was revealed yesterday SpaceX plans to launch 52 missions in 2022, which works out to a rate of one per week. The launch goal is a 68% increase compared to the 31 launches from SpaceX in 2021.