Update December 7, 6:32 PM EST (2332 UTC): SpaceX canceled the launch.
Bad weather on Sunday prevented SpaceX from achieving some notable achievements for at least another day.
The mission, dubbed Starlink 6-92, will use the company’s most-flown Falcon booster, tail number B1067. In its 32nd flight, it will deliver SpaceX’s 3,000th Starlink satellite of the year into low Earth orbit.
Liftoff from historic Launch Complex 39A is scheduled for Monday, December 8 at 4:14 p.m. EST (2114 UTC), weather permitting. The rocket will fly on a south-eastern trajectory after leaving Florida’s Space Coast.
Spaceflight Now’s live coverage will begin approximately one hour before flight.
Meteorologists with the 45th Weather Squadron are estimating a 50 percent chance of favorable weather as the window opens at 4:40 p.m. EST (2140 UTC). Conditions worsen to a 30 percent chance of acceptable weather near the end of the window at 8:40 p.m. EST (0140 UTC on December 8).
“On Sunday, the synoptic pattern remains choppy as a cold front moves across Central Florida. A weak area of low pressure is expected to form along the northern Gulf Coast on Sunday, which will help pull the cold front through Central Florida by Monday morning, but not before the early launch window,” Launch Weather Offers wrote Saturday.
“The latest high-resolution guidance shows the best weather opportunity occurring at the beginning of the window, with cold winds and associated rain/storms stabilizing across the Cape by the evening.”
If SpaceX is unable to launch on Sunday, there is a backup opportunity on Monday, December 8, where conditions improve with a 75 percent chance for favorable weather. However, in that scenario, stronger liftoff winds and more uncertain booster recovery weather could also work against a launch attempt early in the work week.
The use of B1067 on this mission brings SpaceX one step closer to its current goal of certifying its Falcon booster for 40 missions. The final number of missions flown by the booster will depend partly on the type of missions it was used for and if any costly flights required it.
SpaceX wants to achieve the same level of reusability for the payload fairings on the Falcon rocket’s upper stage, but generally only provides updates on them during launches for customer missions for the government or other companies.
This is the 30th flight to date to support the Falcon 9 booster @starlink mission, now launching the most missions of the Falcon fleet pic.twitter.com/2lWpG8N4oY
– SpaceX (@SpaceX) 28 August 2025
