CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE STATION — SpaceX is aiming to launch the EchoStar XXV communications satellite during the overnight. 

SpaceX stated that its Falcon 9 rocket will send up the EchoStar XXV mission from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

The 149-minute launch window opens at 11:14 p.m. ET and is set to close at 1:43 a.m. ET, Tuesday.

The liftoff time is currently 11:19 p.m. ET.

The 45th Weather Squadron is calling for a 90% chance of good liftoff conditions, with the only worry being the cumulus cloud rule.

If the launch is scrubbed, the next attempt will be Tuesday.

Find out more about the weather criteria for a Falcon 9 launch.

Going into the black again

For Falcon 9’s first stage booster called B1085, it is another day at the office.

This booster has performed a lot of impressive missions, including two crewed ones and going to the moon.

1. Crew-9 mission
2. Starlink 6-77 mission
3. Starlink 10-5 mission
4. RRT-1
5. Blue Ghost and HAKUTO-R
6. Fram2 mission
7. Starlink 6-93 mission
8. SXM-10 mission
9. Eumetsat MTG-S1 mission
10. Starlink 10-20 mission
11. Starlink 10-27 mission
12. Starlink 6-94 mission
13. Starlink 6-98 mission

After the stage separation, the first-stage rocket should land on the droneshipA Shortfall of Gravitas, which will be in the Atlantic Ocean.

About the mission

EchoStar XXV is a direct broad satellite that will provide service to DISH TV customers in all 50 states and Puerto Rico, stated the EchoStar company.

It will be placed in a geosynchronous transfer orbit.

And this is a pretty big satellite, which was made by Intuitive Machines company Lanteris Space Systems.

“It is a massive spacecraft, weighing over 6,500 kg (14,330 pounds). At launch, it is roughly the size of a motorhome or small bus, with its solar arrays spanning over 100 feet when fully deployed into geostationary orbit,” a company’s spokesman stated.