SpaceX Aims to Launch Today 

      SpaceX delayed the launch of its Falcon Heavy on Monday, ending its hope for a spectacular double-dip of rocket launches, the agency announced. The Falcon Heavy rocket was scheduled to send a secret mission into space Monday, at 8:24 from the Kennedy Space Center but was delayed “due to a ground side issue; vehicle and payload remain healthy.” SpaceX said their next launch opportunity will be no earlier than Tuesday night. 

      Not long after the announcement of the delayed Falcon Heavy, SpaceX posted a new launch day and time for the Falcon 9 rocket. The space agency is now targeting Tuesday at 11:02 p.m. of the Falcon 9 that will send 23 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit. SpaceX states that this will mark the third flight for the first-stage booster supporting the mission, which previously launched the Crew-7 and CRS-29 missions. Following stage separation, the booster will attempt to land on the A Shortfall of Gravitas drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean. 

By: Kailey Buecker