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		bonestamp2 on May 27, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: SpaceX NASA returning human spaceflight to United ... On this note, does anybody know what the weather thresholds are that would cancel the launch? I mean, the current forecast suggests it will almost definitely be raining at 433pm Eastern, and wind will be around 10 mph. Is some amount of rain tolerable? How much wind is acceptable?

danbr on May 27, 2020 [–]

Here’s some information on the Space Shuttle Weather Launch Commit Criteria. There are probably some added bits for the water recovery incase of an abort with Crew Dragon. https://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/pdf/531435main_weather-...

Edit: and for the falcon 9 (non crew) https://www.nasa.gov/pdf/649911main_051612_falcon9_weather_c...

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