A popup shower over the launch pad soaked another SpaceX launch at the last minute today, forcing a scrub of their launch of Falcon 9 carrying the Kuiper KF-02 mission from Space Launch Complex 40 with about 29 seconds remaining before liftoff. The company online announced that it will try again tomorrow. Lather, rinse, repeat.

This scrub was a near repeat of the Jul 31st attempt to launch Crew 11 from LC-39A up at Kennedy: everything was great until it wasn’t. Both launch attempts ended abruptly, as the scrubs came with only seconds remaining on the countdown clock.

Because SpaceX uses densified propellants, once the rocket is fueled, it must launch — or not — on time. If it doesn’t, the launch is scrubbed, and the rocket is defueled for the day.

Summers are like that on the Space Coast. A single cloud can pop up at any time and stop a countdown. Locals shrug and go about their day, but tourists cross their fingers and hope that their luck holds out. Today it didn’t.

Launch Information

The next planned attempt for Kuiper KF-02 is

Mission	Falcon 9 Block 5 | Project Kuiper (KF-02)
Organization	SpaceX
Location	Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Rocket	Falcon 9 Block 5
Pad	Space Launch Complex 40
Status	Confirmed
Status Info	Confirmed by multiple sources
Window Opens	Sunday, 08/10/2025 8:57 AM EDT
Window Closes	Sunday, 08/10/2025 9:24 AM EDT
Destination	Low Earth Orbit
Mission Description	Second of a three-launch contract for Amazon’s Kuiper low Earth orbit satellite internet constellation, carrying 24 satellites onboard.

Weather

Weather will remain a concern tomorrow, according to the 45th Weather Squadron: 50% GO.

Trajectory

The planned trajectory is Northeast.