LAUNCH OF NASA’S PACE EARTH OBSERVATION SATELLITE, Feb. 8, 2024, Cape Canaveral, FL, 1:33 am ET

Update February 6, 6:00 pm ET:  The launch has been delayed again due to weather.  New launch date is February 8. Same time: 1:33 am ET.

Due to ground winds preventing prelaunch checkouts, we are now targeting Thursday, February 8 for Falcon 9 to launch PACE. Vehicle and payload remain healthy, and teams will continue to keep an eye on weather, which improves to 95% favorable for liftoff → https://t.co/bJFjLCiTbK pic.twitter.com/kBFCnXhdQr

— SpaceX (@SpaceX) February 6, 2024

Update, February 5, 2024, 11:00 pm ET:  The launch has been delayed a day due to weather.  Now rescheduled for February 7 at 1:33 am ET.

Now targeting Wednesday, February 7 for Falcon 9 to launch @NASA‘s PACE mission due to expected high winds at LZ-1 during booster recovery → https://t.co/bJFjLCiTbK pic.twitter.com/KcNhVMjbEN

— SpaceX (@SpaceX) February 6, 2024

NASA and SpaceX are standing down from the Feb. 6 launch of the PACE mission due to unfavorable weather conditions. Launch is now targeted for 1:33 a.m. EST Wednesday, Feb. 7. Both the PACE satellite & the Falcon 9 remain healthy.
➡️ https://t.co/NuCuZqfVGw pic.twitter.com/27vGQFnnq3

— NASA’s Launch Services Program (@NASA_LSP) February 6, 2024

Original Entry: NASA’s Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem (PACE) earth observation satellite is scheduled for launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on February 6, 2024 at 1:33 am from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, FL.

NASA coverage begins at 12:45 am ET on NASA+, NASA Television, and the agency’s website.

Science and pre-launch briefings are scheduled for February 4 and February 5.  See our separate Calendar entries for those events.