No SpaceX booster landings tonight 7:45 p.m. EDT: Reminder that tonight's Falcon Heavy launch will not include booster landings at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Because of the weight of the ViaSat-3 Americas satellite and its need to reach geostationary orbit, the three-core rocket won't have enough fuel left over to flip around and return for recovery. This also applies to the center core. This mission marks the first time that SpaceX launches the rocket with the deliberate goal of expending it into the Atlantic Ocean. On the plus side, weather is significantly better than earlier this week. Scroll to the photo below to see a direct lightning strike of pad 39A's suppression system, courtesy of Thursday's intense storms. –Emre Kelly