Falcon 9 | Project Kuiper (KF-02) The first Falcon 9 launch for this week was scheduled to launch on Thursday, Aug. 7, at 10:17 AM EDT (14:17 UTC) from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS) in Florida. The countdown was held briefly , but the launch attempt was scrubbed due to unsuitable weather. A second launch attempt will now be made on Saturday, August 9, at 9:13 AM EDT (13:18 UTC). Falcon 9 will deliver another batch of 24 Project Kuiper internet satellites into LEO, marking the second launch by Falcon 9 for Project Kuiper. The first Project Kuiper mission launched in October 2023 with two prototype satellites launching aboard a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V. Seventy-eight production satellites have since launched aboard both Atlas V and Falcon 9 rockets. A new Falcon 9 booster, B1091, will be supporting this mission. Following stage separation, the booster will land on one of SpaceX’s east coast droneships, A Shortfall of Gravitas. B1091 is in fact a Falcon Heavy centre core that has been converted to single stick use until it required for a Falcon Heavy mission. This will be the 100th SpaceX mission of 2025. Falcon 9 is a 3.9 m diameter, 70 m tall two-stage rocket. Nine Merlin 1D engines power the first stage booster, while the second stage utilizes a single vacuum-optimized Merlin engine. Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy are the first and only reusable orbital rockets in service today, with one Falcon booster having flown 29 flights. The two payload fairings are also recovered and reused after flight.