Launch Planned For Early Thursday
After last week’s rapid launch schedule, another launch is set for this week here on the Space Coast. SpaceX is planning to send another batch of Starlink Internet Satellites up from Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station early this Thursday. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket now has a launch window that opens […]
Read MoreSunday Storms Force Delays At Orlando International
We were pretty much spared from the nasty weather here in Brevard County on Sunday, but just a little west of here things were very different. Storms moved across much of Central Florida yesterday, with heavy rain and gusty winds. The weather impacted travelers in and out of Orlando International Airport, where the Federal Aviation […]
Read MoreA Month Of Super Moons!
If you are into stargazing, the month of August is going to be a lot of fun for you. Two super moons will appear in August… one of them a rare blue moon. The first one is Tuesday evening, when the moon will rise and appear to be larger than normal. That’s because it will […]
Read MoreTropics Remains Pretty Much Trouble Free
As we head into August, so far so good this Hurricane Season. The National Hurricane Center this morning, continues to keep an eye on two systems in the Atlantic that forecasters say each bring a chance of tropical cyclone formation. Invest 96L is in the Central Atlantic and is expected to see favorable conditions for […]
Read MoreSeminole Detective Arrested
A detective in Seminole County was arrested Thursday after being accused of tipping off suspects about undercover investigations. Jose Tirado has been a detective with the Seminole County Sheriff’s Office Crimes Against Children Unit since 2015. His arrest yesterday came after other officers learned that he had covertly warned suspects who were planning to travel […]
Read MorePalm Bay Approves L3 Harris Request – Now It’s Up To Brevard County
L3Harris has gotten approval from Palm Bay for a little over $12 Million in city property tax breaks and is now looking at Brevard County for nearly $7 Million in tax breaks it has requested for an expansion plan. The tax breaks would be effective if L3Harris chooses Palm Bay as the site of two […]
Read MoreSpaceX Set For Back To Back Launches
SpaceX launched another batch of Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station early this morning, and now another mission is set to take place later today. A Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Launch Complex 40 at one minute after midnight, taking another 22 Starlink internet satellites to a low-Earth orbit… That rocket’s first […]
Read MoreWatching The Tropics
The National Hurricane Center today, is tracking one disturbance in the Atlantic Ocean, just south of the Cabo Verde Islands. The tropical wave has now been given a 40% chance of development sometime over the next seven days as the system continues to move west-northwestward over the tropical Atlantic. So far, nothing to get too […]
Read MoreForecasters Watching Several Disturbances But No Direct Threat To Florida
The National Hurricane Center is tracking a disturbance in the Atlantic Ocean that’s located south of the Cabo Verde Islands. The tropical wave has been given a 40% chance of development over the next seven days. Forecasters say conditions are expected to be favorable for gradual development of the system, and a tropical depression could […]
Read MoreSpaceX To Try Again Tonight
SpaceX scrubbed the first launch attempt of a three-core Falcon Heavy rocket at Kennedy Space Center last evening. The flight was originally set to take off from Launch Pad 39A sometime during a 99-minute launch window that opened at 11:04pm. But the mission to send the communications satellite for Hughes Network into orbit was aborted […]
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