** The Official Space Flight Thread - The Space Station and Beyond **

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You would think with such a high chance of the weather ballsing things up even in spring, they might find somewhere better than Florida for consistent launch windows :p.
 
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You would think with such a high chance of the weather ballsing things up even in spring, they might find somewhere better than Florida for consistent launch windows :p.

They can't launch from anywhere else for missions like this, it has to be launched eastwards due to the ISS orbit and you don't want to drop rockets on populated areas, unless you're China. And you want a site as near to the equator as possible to take advantage of the free delta v, plus logistics, large open areas of space etc. :)
 
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