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Starlink 6-62 - L-1 Day

Falcon 9

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Valid Period

May 22 - May 23, 2024

Issued

Tue May 21, 2024 at 12:30 UTC (08:30 ET)

Forecast Discussion

Space Launch Delta 45

East-northeasterly winds are expected today around an area of low pressure to the east of Florida that will continue to drift farther east through the day. With the onshore flow, a few showers or a storm may move across the Spaceport at times, with the highest chances midday with the development of the east coast sea breeze. As this feature moves farther out to sea on Wednesday, it will pull in drier air that will limit shower and storm chances along the coast for mid-week. While a shower or storm can’t be ruled out as the east coast sea breeze develops and moves inland Wednesday and Thursday, any activity is expected to be well inland by the late evening hours and not pose any launch weather concerns. Conditions will be dry enough that even the threat for nocturnal Atlantic showers will be limited, but anytime flow comes off the water these can’t be ruled out, posing a very small Cumulus Cloud Rule concern for both the primary and backup launch windows.

Primary Launch Date

Launch Day

Primary Window

95%
PGO

Primary Concerns

  • Cumulus Cloud Rule

Additional Risk Criteria

CriteriaRisk Level
Upper-Level Wind ShearLow
Booster Recovery WeatherLow
Solar ActivityLow

Backup Opportunities

24-Hour Delay

Backup Window

95%
PGO

Primary Concerns

  • Cumulus Cloud Rule

Additional Risk Criteria

CriteriaRisk Level
Upper-Level Wind ShearLow
Booster Recovery WeatherLow
Solar ActivityLow