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Scrub! SpaceX Falcon Heavy's first launch since 2024 delayed due to weather [13:27]
YouTube ^ | April 27, 2026 | VideoFromSpace

Posted on 04/27/2026 4:01:37 PM PDT by SunkenCiv

SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket is getting to take to the skies again as it launches the ViaSat-3 F3 mission to geosynchronous transfer orbit from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. UPDATE: The launch attempt was scrubbed due to weather on April 27, 2026. Next launch attempt will be April 28. 
Scrub! SpaceX Falcon Heavy's first launch since 2024 
delayed due to weather
| 13:27 
VideoFromSpace | 2.12M subscribers | 19,216 views | April 27, 2026
Scrub! SpaceX Falcon Heavy's first launch since 2024 delayed due to weather | 13:27 | VideoFromSpace | 2.12M subscribers | 19,216 views | April 27, 2026

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TOPICS: Astronomy; Science
KEYWORDS: cometc2025r3; esa; falcon9; falconheavy; goes19; nasa; noaa; panstarrs; soho; spacex; viasat3f3

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SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched 25 Starlink satellites from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on April 26, 2026 at 7:37 a.m. PDT. It was the 50th Falcon 9 rocket launch of 2026.
Blastoff! SpaceX launches Starlink satellites 
on 50th Falcon 9 mission of 2026
| 9:19 
VideoFromSpace | 2.12M subscribers | 5,262 views | April 26, 2026
Blastoff! SpaceX launches Starlink satellites on 50th Falcon 9 mission of 2026 | 9:19 | VideoFromSpace | 2.12M subscribers | 5,262 views | April 26, 2026

1 posted on 04/27/2026 4:01:38 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
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Comet C/2025 R3 (PanSTARRS) has been captured by NOAA's GOES-19 satellite and ESA's Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO).

Credit: Space.com | footage courtesy: NOAA/ESA | edited by [Steve Spaleta]( / spaleta_space_odyssey )
Comet PanSTARRS captured by two satellites
that are staring at the sun
| 1:04
VideoFromSpace | 2.12M subscribers | 787 views | April 27, 2026
Comet PanSTARRS captured by two satellites that are staring at the sun | 1:04 | VideoFromSpace | 2.12M subscribers | 787 views | April 27, 2026

2 posted on 04/27/2026 4:04:08 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (TDS -- it's not just for DNC shills anymore -- oh, wait, yeah it is.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Today’s Falcon Heavy launch has been rescheduled for Wednesday morning.


3 posted on 04/27/2026 4:04:37 PM PDT by Ronaldus Magnus III (Do, or do not, there is no try. )
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To: Ronaldus Magnus III

Yup, thanks!

https://www.spacex.com/launches/viasat3f3


4 posted on 04/27/2026 4:07:37 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (TDS -- it's not just for DNC shills anymore -- oh, wait, yeah it is.)
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To: SunkenCiv

All I can say is “Buck Rogers” !!!!!


5 posted on 04/27/2026 4:52:42 PM PDT by RobertoinAL
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To: SunkenCiv

I wonder why ViaSat changed from United Launch Alliance (ULA) they used for Flight 2, to SpaceX for Flight 3 which was also used for Flight 1.


6 posted on 04/27/2026 4:52:55 PM PDT by jacknhoo (Luke 12:51; Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Thanks!


7 posted on 04/27/2026 5:19:43 PM PDT by telescope115 (Ad Astra, Ad Deum…)
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