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Falcon 9's window from Vandenberg opens today at 3:28 PM PDT with good odds: 95% weather GO.
Also: Falcon 9 from Vandenberg looks good for Sunday at 10:00 PM PDT (early look, 95% weather GO). Tonight: clear across much of the country.
Next forecast
Long March 4B · Unknown Payload from Jiuquan goes first (Tomorrow ~03:00 CST) — we don't model that pad yet.
Weather: GO
Good chance the weather cooperates
likely range 89–100% · Short range · at T-0
Calibrated model (fitted on 52 launches) · issued 05:40 PDT
SLC-4E, Vandenberg · Today 15:28 PDT
No launch rules near their limits
Window 14:30–18:30 PDTbest 14:30 PDT · 95%
If it slips (rough · same forecast run)
+24 h95%+48 h95%Tonight
Moon 95% · Waxing Gibbous
This week
Electron · Mahia LC-1A
Launch status: SuccessLaunched.
Long March 6A · LC-9A, Taiyuan
Launch status: SuccessLaunched Fri, Oct 23, 18:15 CST.
Long March 4B · LA-94 (SLS-2 / 603), Jiuquan
Launch status: Go for launchWe don't model weather at Jiuquan yet.
Launch Library: no weather number either
Falcon 9 · SLC-4E, Vandenberg
Launch status: Go for launchGO · Good chance the weather cooperates
range 89–100% · Short range
No launch rules near their limits
1 forecast · 11 estimated · 2 not measurable · Calibrated model · updated 05:40 PDT
Long March 8A · Commercial LC-1, Wenchang
Launch status: Go for launchWe don't model weather at Wenchang yet.
Launch Library: no weather number either
Falcon 9 · SLC-4E, Vandenberg
Launch status: Go for launchGO · Good chance the weather cooperates
range 83–100% · Early look
No launch rules near their limits
Forecasts this far out move a lot
1 forecast · 11 estimated · 2 not measurable · Calibrated model · updated 05:13 PDT
Launch Weather Map
Lower coverage outside the US: no NWS alerts, no public lightning data.
Is it worth going out tonight?
Valid · Fri night, Oct 23
8 PM – 10 AM ET
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Moon 95% · Waxing Gibbous · counted in every grade, with cloud, smoke and humidity
Updated 04:17 EDT · refreshed every 6 hours
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