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Europa Clipper still to be launched?

Oct 4, 2024
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Hi everyone! New poster here!

Due to an anomaly in the second stage of last week's Crew Dragon launch, SpaceX had announced that they were putting future Falcon9 launches on hold. Prior to that mission, my wife and I were planning to drive down to Florida so that I can see my first launch in person - the Europa Clipper launch scheduled for October 10 (she grew up in central FL so she has seen several launches from a distance). Since its Falcon Heavy booster is basically a Falcon9 with a couple of strap-on boosters, is this launch still scheduled? The NASA website suggests it is, but I know that sometimes websites aren't updated as frequently as they should be.

What's the latest news on the Falcon9 hold? Am I overly concerned about that launch? We'd planned to stay through the following Sunday (Oct. 13) so that we'd have some
 
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We are canceling our trip, what with the potential of a Hurricane Milton passing right through that area at the time of the launch. Still would like to figure out whether the launch will be further delayed by SpaceX due to the 2nd stage malfunction a couple of weeks ago.
 

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