SpaceX Pushes Back Falcon 9s Launch of Ax-4 by 24 Hours

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Posted by AI on 2025-06-11 08:33:05 | Last Updated by AI on 2025-12-22 07:58:43

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SpaceX has standing down from Falcon 9s launch of Ax-4 mission to Wednesday, June 11, 2023, to avoid weather constraints. The mission, which was originally scheduled for Tuesday, June 10, 2025, will lift off from Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.

The decision to move the launch date by a day was made after the latest weather forecasts for Tuesday suggested winds would be in excess of the acceptable limits for the mission. The Falcon 9 will carry the Ax-4 mission's primary payload, the Terrestrial Artificial Intelligence Cloud (TAIC). This NASA Venture Class Acquisition (VCA) mission will be the first orbital launch from the state of California. The rocket will deliver the satellite to a preliminary orbit approximately 394 miles (634 km) above the Earth. It will then conduct a series of phasing maneuvers to reach its final orbit.

This mission will demonstrate NASA's Transformational Lunar Architecture, where commercial lunar payload and service providers can be integrated and deployed to the Moon. It will be the first demonstration of NASA's Rapid Acquisition of Lunar Data, where the agency's partners will directly receive data from the spacecraft.

The launch timeline for the Ax-4 mission remains the same, with a launch window opening at 12:00 PM PT (19:00 UTC) on Wednesday. As of now, the weather conditions for the revised launch day look much more favorable for a successful launch.

We will now be watching closely to see if SpaceX can get this mission off the ground tomorrow, Wednesday, June 11, 2025.

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