September 27, 2020

Delta 4-Heavy Launch Delayed by Ground System Issue (Source: SpaceFlight Now)
United Launch Alliance’s next launch attempt for its Delta 4-Heavy rocket from Cape Canaveral with a top secret U.S. government spy satellite will be delayed to no earlier than early Monday. ULA previously delayed the mission from early Saturday to early Sunday to address a problem with the launch pad’s swing arm retraction system. An updated weather forecast and launch hazard area information released Saturday by the U.S. Space Force’s 45th Space Wing indicated the launch was pushed back again to early Monday. The launch time Monday is set for just after midnight. (9/24)

East Coast Could See a SpaceX Launch and a NASA Launch in Under 30 Minutes Next Week (Source: C/Net)
The US East Coast on Tuesday evening could see two major rocket launches within about 30 minutes of each other, assuming the weather gods and luck are on their side. SpaceX is scheduled to launch a new GPS satellite for the US Air Force from Cape Canaveral between 6:55 and 7:10 p.m. PT (9:55 and 10:10 p.m. ET in Florida). And a Northrop Grumman Antares rocket is set to lift off carrying a Cygnus cargo freighter to the International Space Station from the Wallops Island launch facility in Virginia at 7:27 p.m. PT (10:27 p.m. ET).