95% chance of fair weather for the launch

SpaceX launches ESA Euclid mission with Falcon 9 rocket on Saturday, July , 2023, from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. (SpaceX)

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – SpaceX is planning for an early morning Falcon 9 rocket launch from the Space Coast Sunday.

The rocket launch is set for 4:46 a.m. Sunday, July 9 from Launch Complex-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

The Falcon 9 will carry another batch of Starlink mini-internet satellites into orbit.

The rocket’s first-stage booster is expected to land on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean.

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As of right now, weather is not going to be much of a problem for the launch, with a 95% chance of fair weather, according to forecasters with the 45th Weather Squadron.

SpaceX has a goal of launching 100 missions this year. It needs a little over 50 more launches to make that goal.

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