KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. – SpaceX will try again to launch the 13th batch of Starlink satellites from Kennedy Space Center on Thursday morning with better weather in the forecast.The private company is targeting 9:17 a.m.
to launch a Falcon 9 rocket from launchpad 39A at KSC. Weather officers with the 45th Weather Squadron are giving the window a 70% chance of favorable liftoff conditions.
Thick cloud cover is the primary weather concern.The rocket booster for this mission has previously launched twice, including this summer when SpaceX launched Dragon Endeavour with astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley to the International Space Station, marking the first human spaceflight from Florida since 2011.The booster will likely make a fourth.