Launch Delay

There was supposed to be another Starlink launch out of Vandenberg on a Falcon 9 tonight about 21:00 local time.

It’s been grey, gloomy, drizzly, cloudy, and overcast here for days, but I started watching our western horizon about sunset and we’re looking great!

See those two tall, thin, phallic Italian cedar trees on the right? Falcon 9 will rise just to the left of the left-hand tree, arc up at about 45º behind that stand of palm trees, have first stage cutoff, stage separation, and second stage ignition just to the left of the palsm, and  then go over that telephone pole about halfway between the top of the pole and the top of the picture. From there it will arch back all the way to the southern horizon off to the left.

Double checking after sunset, we’re looking spectacular. T-3:00:00!

And then they scrubbed for unknown reasons and re-scheduled for tomorrow night / Thursday morning, with the window opening just about 01:00.

I don’t even have to check the weather forecast to know what that means.

Clear all day tomorrow…until about an hour before the launch window opens.

Some days if it weren’t for bad luck, I wouldn’t have any luck at all!