SpaceX scrubbed the launch of its Falcon Heavy rocket on Monday, April 27, in the final minute due to poor weather in the area. Image: SpaceX via livestream
Update April 27, 10:48 a.m. EDT (1448 UTC): SpaceX scrubbed the mission due to poor weather.
SpaceX stood down from launching its first Falcon Heavy rocket in more than a year and a half due to poor weather on Monday, April 27. A new launch date hasn’t been announced yet, possibly as the Eastern Range is considering the timing of unloading the core stage of NASA’s Space Launch System rocket from the agency’s Pegasus barge.
When it happens, the flight of the triple booster rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center will feature the landing of the two side boosters at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
The mission will send the ViaSat-3 Flight 3 communications satellite to a geosynchronous transfer orbit. The six-metric-ton satellite is set to deploy from the rocket’s upper stage nearly five hours after leaving the pad.
