SpaceX had planned for two launches in one day yesterday, but only one of two took place on Friday.
The SES O3b mPOWER mission to medium-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida was successful, taking place on April 28 at 6:12 p.m. ET.
You can watch yet another successful Falcon 9 launch and landing below:
But a planned Falcon Heavy launch also from Florida was delayed until today. The ViaSat-3 Americas mission to geostationary orbit from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) is set to take place on Saturday evening from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
The mission also includes a payload from Astranis, the latter’s first MicroGEO satellite and Gravity Space’s GS-1 satellite. SpaceX says the 57-minute launch window opens at 7:29 p.m. ET (23:29 UTC).
The reason for yesterday’s day was due to bad weather conditions, despite everything being ready to go for the launch. SpaceX says the “vehicle and payload remain healthy”.
Standing down from tonight's Falcon Heavy launch of @ViasatInc's ViaSat-3 Americas mission; vehicle and payload remain healthy
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) April 29, 2023
One of the Falcon 9 side boosters previously supported Arabsat-6A, STP-2, COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation FM2, KPLO, and three Starlink missions. The other Falcon 9 booster previously supported the launch of Arabsat-6A and STP-2.
