Overview

• Lift-off from Cape Canaveral’s SLC-40 is scheduled for a window opening at 8:08 p.m. EDT after several days of postponements tied to rain and rough seas from Tropical Storm Jerry.
• The 45th Weather Squadron forecasts about a 95% chance of favorable launch conditions, with a moderate risk remaining for downrange booster recovery due to elevated winds and seas.
• Falcon 9 first stage B1091 flies for the second time and will aim to land on the droneship Just Read the Instructions roughly eight minutes after launch.
• Deployment of the 24 satellites would raise Project Kuiper’s on-orbit total to 153 and mark the sixth mission for the constellation.
• Amazon is accelerating deployment under an FCC license requiring 3,236 satellites by July 2029 and has added SpaceX flights as ULA, Blue Origin, and Arianespace work through delays on their heavy-lift rockets.