SpaceX scrubbed a Falcon 9 Starlink launch at Vandenberg in the final minute due to upper level winds, then retargeted for April 6 with a new launch window. The thread tracks real time ops from fueling expectations to official rescheduling.
UPDATE: The @SpaceX Falcon 9 - Starlink 17-35 (CA) launch for tomorrow, SUN, Apr 5, has moved to 7:42pm PT* (10:42pm ET; 0242 UTC Apr 6).
UP NEXT for @SpaceX: (As of THURS, Apr 2, 5:20pm CT) • SUN, Apr 5*- Starlink 17-35 (CA)- 4:03pm PT (7:03pm ET; 2303 UTC)
• THURS, Apr 9*- Starlink 17-21 (CA)- 7:39pm PT (10:39pm ET; 0239 UTC Apr 10)
At this point in the evening, SpaceX should be fueling its Falcon 9 rocket at pad 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base in anticipation of launching the Starlink 17-35 mission at 7:56 p.m. PDT (1056 p.m. EDT / 0256 UTC).
ABORT! Hold and scrub for SpaceX Falcon 9 B1103-1. Brand new booster, so I guess it needs to learn the ropes.
SpaceX scrubbed this evening's launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base in the final minute of the countdown due to upper level winds.
The launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Starlink 17-35 mission to low-Earth orbit has been rescheduled for Monday, April 6, 2026, between 4:03 p.m. – 8:03 p.m. PT
Due to upper-level winds, now targeting Monday, April 6 for Falcon 9's launch of @Starlink from California
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