SpaceX experienced multiple weather-related delays before successfully launching its Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Starlink 10-30 mission from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on August 4, 2025. The launch time was repeatedly pushed back from an initial 1:03 a.m. ET to 3:57 a.m. ET due to persistent thunderstorms in the area. Following this, SpaceX prepared for the KF-02 mission to deploy 24 satellites for Amazon's Project Kuiper, also from pad 40. The launch was initially scheduled for 10:02 a.m. ET on August 7, 2025, but was postponed to 10:17 a.m. ET and ultimately scrubbed due to vehicle issues, with SpaceX citing the need for additional vehicle checkouts. The company announced plans to attempt the launch again on August 8, 2025. The KF-02 mission marks the second batch of satellites for Amazon's broadband constellation and the first flight of the Falcon 9 booster B1091.
SpaceX now states that the scrub was called "to perform additional vehicle checkouts." https://t.co/R0EtF20r2B
SCRUB due to range weather....well the weather was pushing the launch deeper into the window, but SpaceX tweet suggests it was vehicle side: https://t.co/w1eaRyHF7w https://t.co/Y6PgzedQyd
Standing down from today’s launch of the @ProjectKuiper KF-02 mission to perform additional vehicle checkouts. Now targeting tomorrow, August 8 for liftoff → https://t.co/E7gqhB5lbc https://t.co/kpV3SmyKPA