On average, how many days per year have good enough weather for a space rocket launch (not ICBM) at Cape Canaveral?
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1What kind of rocket? They have different limits. Naval ICBMs launched from there had pretty wide weather rules. The shuttle, not so much. – Organic Marble Aug 27 '20 at 21:35
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No ICBM space launches – Joe Jobs Aug 27 '20 at 21:48
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1No spy satellites or military comsats? Please define your requirements in the question. – Organic Marble Aug 27 '20 at 21:50
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1Sorry I corrected now. Military and spy satellites are fine, ICBM not – Joe Jobs Aug 27 '20 at 21:54
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@OrganicMarble good point! Do smaller rockets require better weather at launch than larger ones? – uhoh Aug 27 '20 at 23:43
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This table shows that for the 494 launch countdowns between October 1988 and August 2000 at the Eastern Test Range, there was a 10% chance of a weather related delay and an 18% chance of a weather related scrub.
Source: Weather Support to the Space Shuttle: An Historical Perspective
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Is there în that interval a season or a month with significantly less planned launches? That would imply such times are worse – Joe Jobs Aug 28 '20 at 10:47