two launches planned

falcon heavy launching the X37B at 6:14PM

falcon 9 launching a Starlink series at 9PM

bring popcorn and a blanket

I guess you could say they're making it look easy.

Thanks nhtag! Appreciate the call out! It'll give me something cool to watch tonight.

Where's best to watch these events?

When's the X37c coming out is my question.

Are they launching from Florida or Virginia? Calling for storms and wind in Florida today, so they may be delayed.

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Originally posted by petr:
Are they launching from Florida or Virginia? Calling for storms and wind in Florida today, so they may be delayed.

Looks like Heavy launch has been delayed until tomorrow. https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1733846597384151427?s=20

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Originally posted by vthoky:
Where's best to watch these events?

Good question.

The canal across the street from my Dad's is lined right up with Cape Canaveral. Even though we are on the other side of Florida, we used to get to see shuttle launches by standing at the end of the canal.

Awhile back, someone posted on the forum that SpaceX was doing something, so I took my kids over to my Dad's house, we stood at the end of the canal and saw NOTHING because the launch happened in Texas.

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Originally posted by trapper189:
Good question.

The canal across the street from my Dad's is lined right up with Cape Canaveral.
Even though we are on the other side of Florida, we used to get to see shuttle launches by standing at the end of the canal.

Well... I kinda meant online or on TV, but your answer is totally valid.
I hope we'll get more information here, closer to launch time: https://www.spacex.com/launches/index.html

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Originally posted by trapper189:
Awhile back, someone posted on the forum that SpaceX was doing something, so I took my kids over to my Dad's house, we stood at the end of the canal and saw NOTHING because the launch happened in Texas.

That's something I would have done...

Trapper, the launch Monday says it’s going out at KSC, so I guess your spot will have a good view.

both launches delayed until tomorrow - but the times remain the same.

guessing by past launches the falcon 9 has an instantaneous launch window

Looks like it's a go.

https://www.spacex.com/launche...n/?missionId=ussf-52


Edit: Nope!
Tomorrow at 8:14 pm.

Doesn't look like it's going to happen today.

Postponed indefinitely. Weather hasn’t cooperated.

Falcon Heavy launch scheduled for 8:06 pm EST tonight and all is go at the moment... hopefully the U.S. military X-37B plane successfully reaches its targeted goal.

The launch is angled towards the NE so if you're along the coast of FL, GA or the Carolinas and there's clear weather, you might be able to view it firsthand.

Thanks for the update!

Just FYI guys,

I was on my way to Honolulu on the evening of Sunday the 24th. Right about when we were over Colorado someone calls out on Guard "Starlink to the West!"

We both looked up and got to see the famed string of pearls as the satellites were released. It was all it was cracked up to be. I have never seen a line of lights like that in the night sky in my entire life.

They ended up going directly over us and I was wishing they would have been offset so we could see them longer.

Go SpaceX!