JCSAT-14 launch on SpaceX Falcon 9 delayed due to weather
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with its payload of the JCSAT-14 telecommunications satellite has been delayed 24 hours due to inclement weather. Thunderstorms, with their associated heavy wind and rains, blew across Central Florida in the morning hours and took up residence across the Sunshine State forcing the delay.
SpaceX and the 45th Space Wing are now working toward a Friday, May 6, launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 40 in Florida. The launch window is now set to open at 1:22 a.m. EDT (05:22 GMT) and will extend for two hours.
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