UPDATE: Launch has pushed to Friday the 13th at 10:19 AM weather is 50% go for launch!!

NASA SpaceX Falcon Heavy Psyche Mission Poised For Liftoff But Weather May Cause A Delay On Thursdays  October 12th 2023 Launch Attempt 10:16 AM!

Weather for tomorrows launch attempt is not good with a forcast of 80& POV possiability of violation of many weather criteria from the 45th Space Launch Delta USSF for Cape Kennedy on the 12th. In fact the weater for the next three days Thursday, Friday and Saturday range from 80%, 50%, & 60% for the next three days respectively.

The NASA Psyche payload weighs 2,747kg or 6,056 pounds and will take till 2029 to reach the Psyche asteroid on a 2.2 billion mile journey of exploration. It is believed that Psyche is a remnant metal core from a distant planet and will be the first time NASA has explored an asteroid like Psyche. The center core is B-1079-1 and will be expended to help achieve an escape trajectory for this mission. The two side boosters are B-1064-4 and B-1065-4 which will both attempt a LZ-1 & LZ-2 simultaneous landing.

If a launch does occur this will be the 55th launch so far this year from Cape Kennedy / Canaveral and will mark SpaceX 73rd launch this year between both California and Florida launch pads. Other SpaceX milestones will be the 233rd & 234th first stage booster landings, the 205th & 206th re-flight of a booster and the 71st & 72nd re-flight of a booster in just 2023.

Spacenewsfl.com wishes both the NASA team and the SpaceX team much success on this important mission to learn more about the origin of our own universe. Ad Astra!

Article and Photos by Scott Schilke for spacenewsfl.com