CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – SpaceX teams at Kennedy Space Center are set for the company’s next launch of a Falcon 9 rocket with 60 Starlink satellites, though downrange conditions in the Atlantic Ocean remain a concern, News 6 partner Florida Today reported. “Targeting Tuesday, May 4, at 3:01 p.m.
ET for Falcon 9 launch,” SpaceX said via Twitter after a successful test fire of the rocket’s Merlin main engines early Monday. “But team is keeping an eye on weather in the recovery area.” [TRENDING: Sneak peek of Universal’s new roller coaster | 23 dead in Mexico City metro collapse | Children 12-15 could soon get vaccine] The Space Force’s latest forecast calls for 80% “go” conditions around pad 39A.