The government shutdown’s strain on air traffic control has not only led to limitations on airlines, but spaceflight too.

Despite the Federal Aviation Administration having implemented space launch limits commercial launches to fall between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. starting Monday.

That has led to a pivot from SpaceX for several of its planned launches on the Space Coast including a record-setting one planned for Monday night.

A Falcon 9 on the Starlink 6-87 mission carrying 29 satellites is slated to lift off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 40 at 10:21 p.m.

That falls within the new FAA limits, although the original launch window had been planned for earlier in the day.

This is the third flight of the first stage booster that will aim for a recovery landing d

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