{"id":21671,"date":"2024-06-26T00:35:16","date_gmt":"2024-06-25T16:35:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/this-week-in-launch-falcon-heavy-and-firefly-return-to-the-launch-pad\/"},"modified":"2024-06-26T00:35:16","modified_gmt":"2024-06-25T16:35:16","slug":"this-week-in-launch-falcon-heavy-and-firefly-return-to-the-launch-pad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/this-week-in-launch-falcon-heavy-and-firefly-return-to-the-launch-pad\/","title":{"rendered":"This Week in Launch: Falcon Heavy and Firefly return to the launch pad"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\t\"\"Image: Steven Madow<\/p>\n

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This week, two rockets returning to the launch pad after over six months. First will be SpaceX\u2019s Falcon Heavy, launching NOAA\u2019s GOES-U weather satellite, and Firefly\u2019s Alpha, launching CatSat, and many others, a 6U CubeSat built by students from the University of Arizona.<\/p>\n

An honorable mention, Japan\u2019s H3 rocket will launch for the third time, its second of the year.<\/p>\n

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This week\u2019s launches:<\/h2>\n
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  • June 25 (Tuesday)\n
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    • SpaceX | Falcon Heavy | GOES-U | 5:16 P.M. ET\n
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      • LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
      • June 26 (Wednesday)\n
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        • Firefly | Alpha | Noise of Summer | 9:00 P.M.\n
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          • SLC-2W, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
          • June 27 (Thursday)\n
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            • Galactic Energy | Ceres 1S | Unknown | 1:30 A.M. ET\n
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              • Haiyang Spaceport, China Coastal Waters<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
              • SpaceX | Falcon 9 | Starlink Group 10-3 | 6:55 A.M. ET\n
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                • SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
                • June 29 (Saturday)\n
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                  • MHI | H3 | ALOS-4 | 11:06 P.M. ET\n
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                    • LA-Y2, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
                    • June 30 (Sunday)\n
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                      • SpaceX | Falcon 9 | Starlink Group 8-9 | 3:11 A.M. ET\n
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                        • SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

                          SpaceX launching a Falcon Heavy\u2026 maybe?<\/h2>\n

                          We were all gearing up for the first launch of SpaceX\u2019s Falcon Heavy rocket, still set for Tuesday afternoon. However, when SpaceX began moving the rocket out from its hanger at LC-39A, it was halted and moved back inside.<\/p>\n

                          With the pad empty, and less than favorable weather on the forecast, a launch tomorrow is seemingly unlikely.<\/p>\n

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