The launch window was scheduled to open at 11:30 PM ET, but NASA and SpaceX are now targeting takeoff for 2:30 AM ET. The launch window extends until 3:30 AM, and a backup window will open tomorrow night between 11:30 PM ET and 2:30 AM ET.
This flight is also important because of its payload, which includes things like NASA's Deep Space Atomic Clock, LightSail 2 and the Green Propellant Infusion Mission. After launch, we're in for another triple landing attempt, with the two side boosters coming down at Cape Canaveral and SpaceX attempting another sea landing for the center core and, hopefully, bring it all the way home this time.
Update (6/25, 2:49 AM ET): First, the good news. The launch was a success, and all the booster rockets separated as planned. The two side boosters made it safely back to Cape Canaveral in another synchronized landing. However, as the company warned about this "challenging" mission, returning the center core was especially tricky, and it missed landing on the waiting drone ship by a few feet. The team is now waiting to hear the status of deployments for the 24 satellites onboard.
Targeting T-0 of 2:30 a.m. EDT for Falcon Heavy launch of STP-2; team completed additional ground system checkouts. Vehicle and payload continue to look good
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) June 25, 2019
.@SpaceX is now targeting 2:30 a.m. EDT on June 25 for the launch of Space Test Program-2 with @NASA_Technology on board. Live coverage of launch will begin at 2 a.m. EDT: https://t.co/A9sbAYbCl3 pic.twitter.com/3b5CCUpW3B
— NASA's Kennedy Space Center (@NASAKennedy) June 25, 2019
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