The @SpaceX launch director polled @NASA and @SpaceX leadership and we are "go" for launch.
Teams at @NASAKennedy have retracted the crew access arm on Launch Complex 39A in preparation for liftoff.
Launch is scheduled for 1:45am ET: https://t.co/YeWrpz41EN
Weather is >90% favorable for tonight’s Falcon 9 launch of COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation FM2 at 6:11 p.m. EST. Webcast goes live ~15 minutes before liftoff → https://t.co/bJFjLCilmc
Due to unfavorable weather in the splashdown locations off the coast of Florida, now targeting Sunday, January 23 at 10:40 a.m. EST for Dragon's departure from the @space_station
Static fire test of Falcon 9 complete – targeting Saturday, December 18 at 1:24 a.m. PT for launch of 52 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from California.
An interesting note from the Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel meeting: Panel member David West says SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft will do a 360-degree flyaround of the ISS after departing in early-mid November, the first 360-degree flyaround by a US crew craft since the shuttle.
Dragon and the @inspiration4x astronauts are now officially in space! Dragon will conduct two phasing burns to reach its cruising orbit of 575km where the crew will spend the next three days orbiting planet Earth