
Launch recap: SpaceX Starlink 6-80 launches from Cape Canaveral Monday - Florida Today
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- Mar 31, 2025
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SpaceX fueling
Update 3:23 p.m.: Visual cues indicate that SpaceX is fueling the rocket ahead of a planned liftoff. This means SpaceX must now liftoff at 3:52 p.m. or scrub for the day.
SpaceX launch prep underway in Brevard
Update 3:16 p.m.: Brevard County Emergency Management officials have activated the agency's launch operations support team ahead of SpaceX’s upcoming Falcon 9 launch.
SpaceX booster supported Cygnus resupply mission
Update 3:06 p.m.: The Falcon 9 launching this Starlink mission also launched a Northrop Grumman Cygnus cargo spacecraft on the NG-21 back in August 2024. The mission was Northrop Grumman’s 21st resupply mission to the International Space Station.
Recently, the Cygnus separated from the ISS for its return to Earth. SEN’s cameras onboard the ISS captured the moment.
SpaceX booster details for the Starlink 6-80 mission
Update 2:56 p.m.: SpaceX is still moving towards a 3:52 p.m. liftoff for the Starlink 6-80 mission.
This afternoon's launch will be the 17th flight for the first-stage booster. The booster had previously launched 10 other Starlink missions, Axiom's Ax-2 crew, Euclid, Axiom's Ax-3 crew, the CRS-30 ISS resupply mission, SES ASTRA 1P, and the NG-21 ISS resupply mission.
Fram2 launch later tonight from KSC
Update 2:46 p.m.: Today could be a rare same day double-header! After this Starlink 6-80 mission, SpaceX plans to launch a crew of four into a polar orbit. This is a mission to watch, as this will be the first ever astronaut mission to reach a polar orbit.
Upon liftoff tonight, the rocket will fly straight south. Weather permitting, those south of Cape Canaveral may get a great show as the rocket flies overhead.
SpaceX Starlink 6-80 launch from Florida
Update 2:36 p.m.: This mission was originally set to launch yesterday, Sunday, March 30. The weather has now provided us with a potential same day double-header!
FLORIDA TODAY photographer, Craig Bailey, took this photo of the storms moving in yesterday evening.
SpaceX launch from Cape Canaveral weather
Update 2:25 p.m.: The weather is looking better today for the launch attempt of the Starlink 6-80 mission from Cape Canaveral SLC-40. Storms have since moved out of the area, and the sun is shining over Brevard County.
Brooke Edwards is a Space Reporter for Florida Today. Contact her at bedwards@floridatoday.com or on X: @brookeofstars.
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