Mid-week doubleheader launch in Cape Canaveral will tie yearly file

(This article has been up to date with a change in date for the launch of New Glenn. The launch has been moved ahead a day, to Nov. 7.)

Get prepared for a Wednesday evening doubleheader liftoff, which might tie the yearly Florida launch file.

As of now, United Launch Alliance is ready to be the corporate that can hit final 12 months’s file of 93 Space Coast launches with its Nov. 5 liftoff. But each SpaceX and Blue Origin even have launches on deck.

First up is SpaceX’s subsequent batch of Starlink web satellites, titled Starlink 6-81. This launch is ready for no sooner than 6:08 p.m. Nov. 5 from Launch Complex 40 in Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Due to the satellites being within the sixth group, the Falcon 9 rocket will journey on a southeast trajectory after launch. If climate cooperates, that would be the 92nd launch of the 12 months.

Later within the night, ULA has plans.

Set for no sooner than 10:24 p.m. a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket will launch the ViaSat-3 Flight 2 (F2) mission to orbit from Launch Complex 41 in Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The firm states it has till 11 p.m. to make the liftoff ought to additional time be wanted.

ViaSat-3 Flight 2 (F2) is described as an “ultra-high-capacity broadband spacecraft” for the corporate Viasat. The spacecraft is predicted to significantly enhance the present functionality of Viasat’s satellite tv for pc fleet.

This Atlas V launch will see the rocket shortly propelled off the pad below the ability of 5 stable rocket boosters — giving an excellent present to these watching.

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Upcoming rocket launches from Florida which might break file

Should these two launches go as deliberate, the yearly file of 93 launches will probably be tied.

Looking forward, the subsequent launch scheduled from Cape Canaveral is the SpaceX Starlink 10-51 mission. This launch is at the moment set for no sooner than 3:30 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 8 from Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. That would develop into a brand new file for Brevard — the 94th launch.

And simply past this SpaceX mission, one other firm’s rocket is poised to raise off.

While Blue Origin has but to announce a date, the second launch of its New Glenn rocket is listed on the Space Coast Office of Tourism as occurring now no sooner than 2:51 p.m. Nov. 7. The New Glenn has already seen a profitable take a look at hearth and set up of the NASA ESCAPADE satellites, which the rocket will ship to Mars.

As a number of circumstances can delay launch dates, it stays to be seen which rocket will declare launch quantity 94 – and with lower than two months left within the 12 months, what the brand new launch file will probably be.

Brooke Edwards is a Space Reporter for Florida Today. Contact her at bedwards@floridatoday.com or on X: @brookeofstars.