SpaceX Launches Eutelsat 10B and CRS-26

Two Falcon 9's at their Pads | Credit: SpaceX

On November 22, SpaceX wanted to launch two Falcon 9's within 6 hours of each other. From Launch Complex 39A, they planned to launch the Dragon CRS-26 resupply mission to the International Space Station at 3:54pm EST (20:54 UTC) and Eutelsat 10B at 9:57pm EST (2:57 UTC on November 23). The launch of CRS-26 was scrubbed due to weather and launched on Saturday, November 26 at 2:20pm EST (19:20 UTC). CCRS-26 is the seventh SpaceX resupply mission using the upgraded Cargo Dragon spacecraft. In addition to the supplies and experiments, another pair of iROSA rollout solar arrays are in Dragon's trunk. They used Dragon V1 from 2012 to 2020 for resupply missions under the original commercial cargo spacecraft. Eutelsat 10B is an all-electric communications satellite designed to provide flight and maritime connectivity at 10 degrees East. The first stage for CRS-26 is having its first flight and will land on the droneship "Just Read the Instructions" while the first stage for Eutelsat 10B previously launched on Telstar 18 VANTAGE, Iridium-8, and 8 Starlink missions. It was not recovered. These will be the 162nd and 163rd orbital launch attempts of 2022, 196th SpaceX mission, and 187th Falcon 9 launch. You can watch the launches in the webcasts below.