45th Weather Squadron – Spaceflight Now

June 23, 2026

Breaking News

[ June 23, 2026 ] Live coverage: SpaceX to launch reentry capsule demo mission called ‘Starfall’ Falcon 9
[ June 22, 2026 ] NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope arrives in Florida Falcon Heavy
[ June 20, 2026 ] SpaceX to launches 24 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Falcon 9
[ June 18, 2026 ] SpaceX launches intelligence-gathering satellites for the National Reconnaissance Office Falcon 9
[ June 17, 2026 ] Arianespace launches its heaviest payload to date with Amazon Leo flight Ariane 6

SpaceX crew launch comes with new weather constraints for downrange aborts

May 26, 2020 Stephen Clark

Mission managers will be closely monitoring the weather for the first launch of astronauts aboard SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft, not just around the Kennedy Space Center, but along a corridor stretching thousands of miles across the Atlantic Ocean in case the crew capsule has to escape from its Falcon 9 rocket during the climb into orbit.

Rain and clouds in the forecast for Tuesday’s SpaceX launch

January 3, 2015 Stephen Clark

Forecasters predict mostly cloudy conditions and a chance of light rain for Tuesday morning’s scheduled takeoff of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with a space station-bound supply ship, with a 40 percent chance weather could prevent liftoff during an instantaneous predawn launch opportunity.