SpaceX is aiming for a record 58th launch from the Cape on Saturday

In 2021, the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and Kennedy Space Center hosted 31 orbital rocket launches, a new annual record.

That number jumped to 57 launches last year – a new record that represents a robust 84% increase.

SpaceX is aiming for the space coast’s record 58th launch so far this year at 10:17 pm EDT Saturday. If necessary, five backup release opportunities are available from 11:07 pm to 2:15 am EDT Sunday.

If the Falcon 9 Starlink mission goes as planned, the CAP’s annual launch record will come on Oct. 21 or 22, with two months left in 2023.

SpaceX is aiming for a record 58th launch from the Cape on Saturday

“I have seen great growth and change. “We’ve been happy with eight or more spacecraft launches a year,” said Dan Platt, director of the Spaceport Graduate Center at the Florida Institute of Technology in Titusville.

“Then it will be replaced by what we call unmanned launches, which are essentially ULA launches. And that will get us in 20 or so years,” said Platt, who has worked at the spaceport base since 1998.

“So it’s a very different beast now,” he said.

SpaceX forecast: 95% ‘go’ to launch

The Cape Canaveral Space Force Station reported a mostly clear sky Saturday night with a low of 64 and a north wind around 5 mph, becoming west after midnight, according to the National Weather Service.

The Space Force 45th Weather Squadron predicted a 95% chance of “go” weather for the launch.

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SpaceX is aiming for a record 58th launch from the Cape on Saturday

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