{"id":21825,"date":"2023-12-17T20:21:32","date_gmt":"2023-12-17T12:21:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/so-about-that-falcon-heavy-launch-we-were-talking-about\/"},"modified":"2023-12-17T20:21:32","modified_gmt":"2023-12-17T12:21:32","slug":"so-about-that-falcon-heavy-launch-we-were-talking-about","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/so-about-that-falcon-heavy-launch-we-were-talking-about\/","title":{"rendered":"So about that Falcon Heavy launch we were talking about\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Space Force\u2019s spaceplane could be grounded for a bit<\/h2>\n

On Monday, we were expecting upwards to four launches from SpaceX and would have brought the company up to 96 total launches for the year. On Monday we expected two launches, USSF-52, a Falcon Heavy launch with the Air Force\u2018s X-37B spaceplane on top, and a Falcon 9 Starlink mission. This was to be followed by another Starlink mission on a Falcon 9 from California on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

The Florida Starlink launch was moved back a day but then delayed due to unfavorable weather. A trend that continued throughout the week, leading to a new launch date for Sunday (tomorrow). Specifically a 35% chance of it happening, per Space Launch Delta 45\u2019s weather report.<\/p>\n

As for the Falcon Heavy, well that\u2019s a bit more troublesome. After being pushed from the weekend into Monday for \u201cadditional prelaunch check outs,\u201d it was delayed again due to \u201ca ground side issue.\u201d A rare occurrence for SpaceX that hasn\u2019t had a mechanical delay for the majority of its 90 launches of the Falcon 9 and Heavy rockets in 2023.<\/p>\n

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