South Floridians eager to watch Saturday’s SpaceX launch will have to stream it online or watch it on TV.
This weekend, two men will be launched into space, hurtling toward the International Space Station, from Kennedy Space Center’s launch pad 39A.
The launch was postponed Wednesday due to the bad weather. The teams at NASA and SpaceX will now work toward a Saturday launch scheduled for 3:22 p.m.
Saturday afternoon’s weather will not see as much rain or cloudy skies as Wednesday afternoon, even though the spacecraft would still be challenging to spot in the daytime sky from South Florida, said Barry Baxter, a meteorologist with National Weather Service in Miami.
The Saturday morning hours and early afternoon will see clouds and possible stray showers but will clear up by the afternoon, Baxter said.
“The activity should be west of the east coast areas by then,” Baxter said. “Skies should be becoming more partly cloudy. Now seeing that thing, I don’t know. It depends on the angle it flies out at, which way it runs out over the ocean.”
Stephanie Schierholz, a NASA Public Affairs Specialist for Human Spaceflight, said though the launch may take the spacecraft in the direction of South Florida, making out the vehicle would likely not be possible.
“Because it’s daylight, I would imagine it would be very hard to see,” Schierholz said. “It would be easier at night.”
Here’s how to watch Saturday’s scheduled SpaceX Demo-2 launch, the first crewed launch from Kennedy Space Center since 2011:
Launch time: 3:22 p.m. Saturday at launch complex 39A.
On TV: NASA TV coverage will be offered at . TV news stations will air the launch live.
Streaming: NASA TV is available on Roku, Hulu, Amazon Fire and others. NASA also will stream the launch on Facebook, Twitter and other social media platforms. (OrlandoSentinel.com also will stream the launch live.)
