At 12:30 a.m. EDT, the SpaceX Falcon 9 will lift off from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station carrying the Intelsat 40e satellite and NASA’s TEMPO probe.
A short while later, the first-stage booster safely touched down on a drone ship stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.
SpaceX’s Falcon 9
Watch live as SpaceX prepares to launch a Falcon 9 rocket from Florida‘s Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 12:30 a.m. EDT on Friday, April 7.
The Intelsat 40e satellite will be launched from Launch Complex 40 on a mission for satellite operator Intelsat of Luxembourg.
- At 12:30 a.m. EDT, the SpaceX Falcon 9 will lift off from Cape Canaveral.
- The first-stage booster safely touched down on a drone ship.
- 90% of tonight’s launch attempt is expected to take place in favorable weather.
The NASA Tropospheric Emissions Monitoring of Pollution instrument is the satellite’s secondary payload. (TEMPO).
The first-stage booster will aim for SpaceX’s A Shortfall of Gravitas drone ship stationed in the Atlantic Ocean for a landing attempt about eight minutes following launch. This time, no nearby sonic booms are anticipated.
The fourth mission of the 162-foot first-stage Falcon 9 booster, which was launched into space from a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean, was successfully completed.
The Intelsat 40e satellite and NASA’s TEMPO sensor have been launched into orbit by SpaceX Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida’s Launch Complex 40.
90% of tonight’s launch attempt is expected to take place in favorable weather, according to Space Force forecasts.
