Overview
- Liftoff from Cape Canaveral is targeted for Wednesday between 2:50 p.m. and 4:17 p.m. ET, pending weather, sea state for recovery, range clearance, and space‑weather assessments.
- NOAA issued a rare G4 geomagnetic storm watch for around midday Nov. 12, which forecasters say could pose an additional risk separate from local launch weather.
- The NG‑2 mission carries NASA’s twin ESCAPADE spacecraft to begin a yearlong loiter near Earth–Sun L2 before an Earth gravity assist in 2026 and arrival at Mars in 2027 to study the planet’s magnetosphere and atmospheric escape.
- Blue Origin worked with the FAA and the Eastern Range to obtain a daytime window despite a shutdown‑related order restricting commercial launches during most daytime hours.
- Sunday’s attempt was halted under the cumulus cloud rule, with reporting also noting a pad ground‑systems issue and a cruise ship entering the keep‑out zone; this flight will again try to land the booster “Never Tell Me the Odds” on the ship Jacklyn after January’s failed recovery.