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Reading the launch weather board…
Falcon 9's window from Vandenberg opens tonight at 9:45 PM PDT with good odds: 95% weather GO.
Also: Falcon 9 from Vandenberg looks good for Thursday at 9:02 PM PDT (early look, 95% weather GO). Tonight: mostly cloudy tonight.
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Weather: GO
Good chance the weather cooperates
likely range 89–100% · Short range · at T-0
Calibrated model (fitted on 53 launches) · issued 11:43 PDT
SLC-4E, Vandenberg · Today 21:45 PDT
No launch rules near their limits
Window 21:45–01:45 PDTbest 21:45 PDT · 95%
If it slips (rough · same forecast run)
+24 h95%+48 h95%Tonight
Moon 98% · Full Moon
This week
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 11:43 PDT
Falcon 9 · SLC-4E, Vandenberg
Launch status: Go for launchGO · Good chance the weather cooperates
range 82–100% · 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 11:19 PDT
GSLV Mk. II · Second Launch Pad, Satish Dhawan
Launch status: Go for launchWe don't model weather at Satish Dhawan yet.
Launch Library: no weather number either
Long March 12A · Long March 12 series Pad, Jiuquan
Launch status: TBDWe don't model weather at Jiuquan yet.
Launch Library: no weather number either
SSLV · First Launch Pad, Satish Dhawan
Launch status: TBDWe don't model weather at Satish Dhawan yet.
Launch Library: no weather number either
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Lower coverage outside the US: no NWS alerts, no public lightning data.
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