9.10.2025
SpaceX is targeting Thursday, October 9 for a Falcon 9 launch of the KF-03 mission to orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Liftoff is targeted for 9:34 p.m. ET with additional opportunities available until 11:48 p.m. ET. If needed, a backup launch opportunity is available on Friday, October 10 starting at 9:12 p.m. ET.
A live webcast of this mission will begin about 15 minutes prior to liftoff, which you can watch here and on X @SpaceX. You can also watch the webcast on the X TV app.
This will be the second flight for the Falcon 9 first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously launched KF-02. After stage separation, the first stage will land on the Just Read the Instructions droneship, which will be stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.
Quelle: SpaceX
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Update: 10.10.2025
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SpaceX pushes back Amazon satellite launch try to Saturday night from Cape Canaveral, Florida
SpaceX has pushed back its planned launch of a payload of Amazon Project Kuiper internet satellites roughly 48 hours, with a new target time set for Saturday, Oct. 11, from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
SpaceX is now eyeing a Saturday night launch window extending from 8:41 p.m. to 11:15 p.m. to send up a Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 40. Mission: Deploy Amazon's 28 satellites into low-Earth orbit, 289 miles above the Earth's surface.
The Space Force's 45th Weather Squadron had only predicted a 45% chance of favorable weather for the initial launch target date of Thursday, Oct. 9, as a low-pressure system spun up near the Florida peninsula. Cumulus clouds, lightning and surface electric fields loomed as threats — coupled with a high chance of bad booster recovery weather offshore of the Carolinas.
In Brevard County, the National Weather Service has issued a coastal flood advisory through 8 p.m. Friday; a high rip current risk through late Saturday night; and a coastal flood watch from Friday evening through late Saturday night.
No sonic booms should occur during Saturday's SpaceX liftoff. Rather, after soaring skyward along a northeasterly trajectory, the rocket's first-stage booster will target landing aboard a SpaceX drone ship out at sea just more than eight minutes after liftoff.
Quelle: Florida Today
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Update: 14.10.2025
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SpaceX launches Project Kuiper KF-03 mission from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida
After days of delays due to nor'easter conditions in the Atlantic Ocean, SpaceX launched a batch of 24 Amazon Project Kuiper internet satellites on Oct. 13
The liftoff occurred at 9:58 p.m. with the Falcon 9 rocket soaring into a clear star-filled sky from Launch Complex 40 in Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. No Brevard County sonic booms were heard, as the rocket's booster landed on the A Shortfall of Gravitas drone ship out in the Atlantic Ocean.
The mission − referred to as KF-03 − marked the third time SpaceX has launched the Amazon Project Kuiper internet satellites atop a Falcon 9 rocket.
Meanwhile, the Space Coast received a preshow, as the 7:23 p.m. Starship launch from Starbase, Texas, provided a 'jellyfish effect' as Starship soared in the skies over Florida.
Quelle: Florida Today