SpaceX crews continue aiming to launch a Falcon 9 rocket roughly 15 minutes before sunrise.

SpaceX crews continue aiming to launch a Falcon 9 rocket roughly 15 minutes before sunrise on another Starlink satellite mission from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Welcome to FLORIDA TODAY Space Team live coverage of today's SpaceX Starlink 10-43 mission. Target liftoff time is 6:11 a.m. But the Space Force's 45th Weather Squadron forecast warned weather will prove "tricky for launch." The squadron pegged the odds of favorable conditions at just 30% — citing threats from cumulus clouds, thick cloud layers and surface electric fields. Beyond that, meteorologists announced a moderate-to-high chance of poor offshore recovery weather for the planned rocket-booster landing aboard a SpaceX drone ship. SpaceX's launch window will last until 8:02 a.m., should delays arise at Launch Complex 40. The rocket will ascend to the northeast, then deploy 29 Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit. When SpaceX's live webcast begins about five minutes before liftoff, we’ll post it below next to our countdown clock. 4:46 am ET Lightning, strong-wind advisories expire at Cape Canaveral ahead of SpaceX launch Rick Neale The 45th Weather Squadron's Phase 1 lightning watch for all areas of the Space Force installation and NASA's Kennedy Space Center expired at 2 a.m. Likewise, a strong-wind warning also expired at 2 a.m. That latter advisory warned of 25-knot winds punctuated by gusts up to 35 knots. 4:33 am ET SpaceX rocket launch prep underway in Brevard County Rick Neale Brevard County Emergency Management officials have activated the agency's launch operations support team ahead of SpaceX’s upcoming Falcon 9 launch. Featured Weekly Ad

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