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A late scrub due to weather on Tuesday that also took a Wednesday attempt off the board continued SpaceX’s Cape Canaveral launch attempt woes of late, but it finally managed a liftoff on June 20, going close to 13 days between launches from the Space Coast, the longest run since late 2022.<\/p>\n It was not for a lack of trying, though, as bad weather and a scrub as the countdown clock hit 0 last week took a different SpaceX mission off the board. That led to SpaceX taking down that mission’s Falcon 9 rocket and switching it up with a Falcon 9 rocket this week to launch a European TV satellite.<\/p>\n The first try on Tuesday night, though, faced high winds at the launch site, forcing a scrub just minutes before liftoff. SpaceX then called off a Wednesday attempt because of “ongoing unfavorable weather at the launch and recovery sites.”<\/p>\n The company then shifted to Thursday, and finally managed the launch of the SES 24 mission, lifting off at 5:35 p.m. Eastern time from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 40. The payload is the ASTRA 1P satellite for Luxembourg-based communications company SES that will provide service for 190 million TV market households in Germany, Spain and France, replacing the job of four older SES satellites.<\/p>\n This was the 12th time SpaceX has flown dedicated satellite missions for SES, including the 2017 mission that marked the first time SpaceX had reused a Falcon 9 booster. Including this flight, SpaceX has reflown boosters 291 times on either Falcon 9 or Falcon Heavy missions.<\/p>\n The first-stage booster for this flight made its ninth trip to space, and made another landing downrange on the droneship Just Read the Instructions, the 320th time it has recovered a booster and 250th landing on a droneship.<\/p>\n SpaceX last launched from the Space Coast on June 7, and the nearly 13 full days between launches was the longest since a more-than-13-day run from Nov. 26-Dec. 8, 2022.<\/p>\n SpaceX tried to launch from the Cape last week, though, but an issue with the Falcon 9 at ignition forced a scrub, and that mission’s new launch date has yet to be announced.<\/p>\n The SES 24 mission marked the 45th launch from either Canaveral of neighboring Kennedy Space Center for the year, with all but three coming from SpaceX. It’s the 62nd Falcon 9 mission for the year for SpaceX, including California launches. SpaceX also flown its in-development Starship and Super Heavy twice on orbital test flights from Texas.<\/p>\n The next launch from KSC could be SpaceX’s first Falcon Heavy launch of the year, targeting a June 25 liftoff from Launch Pad 39-A during a two-hour window that opens at 5:16 p.m.<\/p>\n Its payload is the GOES-U satellite for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration that will next year take over the duties of watching the Atlantic basin for tropical and other dangerous weather.<\/p>\n SpaceX has launched its Falcon 9 rocket successfully 346 out of 347 times since its debut in 2010, with a lone in-flight launch failure in 2015. It’s also flown its Falcon Heavy nine times since 2018 and attempted four Starship and Super Heavy launches since 2023 reaching orbit twice.<\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t 2024 Orlando Sentinel. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCitation<\/strong>: \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t This document is subject to copyright. Apart from any fair dealing for the purpose of private study or research, no
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