Mon Apr 28 02:00:00 UTC 2025: ## SpaceX Falcon 9 Launch Set for Tonight, Weather Mostly Favorable

**Cape Canaveral, FL** – SpaceX is poised to launch its 48th Falcon 9 mission of 2025 tonight, targeting 10:09 p.m. EDT (0209 UTC) from Space Launch Complex 40. Spaceflight Now will provide live coverage starting an hour before liftoff.

The launch, featuring the veteran booster B1077 (its 20th flight), will deploy a payload (details not specified in the release). B1077’s impressive history includes 12 Starlink satellite deployments, three trips to the International Space Station, and the launch of GPS 3 Space Vehicle 06. A successful mission will see the booster land on the droneship “Just Read the Instructions” approximately eight minutes after liftoff, marking the 117th landing on that vessel and the 438th overall SpaceX booster landing.

While the 45th Weather Squadron forecasts a 90% chance of favorable conditions, cumulus and anvil clouds present potential weather constraints. A front approaching from the northwest could bring scattered showers and possible thunderstorms Sunday evening across central Florida.

This launch follows a busy weekend for SpaceX, which successfully launched the Telstar 19 VANTAGE communications satellite early Sunday morning from Cape Canaveral. Another launch attempt from Vandenberg Space Force Base was delayed until Monday. SpaceX also scrubbed a launch on Saturday due to an issue with the upper stage engine steering system.

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