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SpaceX Targets Two Florida Starlink Launches Within Hours as Weather Threatens Schedule

A strong cold front threatens consecutive Florida windows for Falcon 9 overnight into Monday.

Overview

  • The Starlink 6-82 mission from Cape Canaveral’s SLC-40 is set for 9:47 p.m. EST Sunday with 29 V2 Mini satellites, using booster B1092 on its ninth flight to target a droneship landing on A Shortfall of Gravitas.
  • Launch weather for Sunday night sits at about 30% favorable with rising northerly winds expected to worsen through the window and with low-to-moderate booster recovery concerns offshore.
  • A second Falcon 9, Starlink 6-99, is scheduled Monday morning from Kennedy’s LC-39A with 29 V2 Minis, using booster B1094 on its sixth flight to aim for a landing on Just Read the Instructions.
  • For the Monday morning attempt, weather odds start near 40% favorable and improve to around 80% late in the window, though recovery conditions remain a moderate watch item.
  • ULA’s Atlas V is targeting 3:49–4:18 a.m. EST for Amazon Leo 4 with 27 satellites, creating the prospect of three Florida launches in roughly 12 hours, but forecasters put its liftoff weather at about 20% favorable.