The Federal Aviation Administration on Sunday announced it was approving just one SpaceX Falcon 9 mission, although SpaceX has submitted its mishap report into why the second stage from last week's Crew-9 mission failed to hit its planned target on reentry.

Hera launched on Monday, Oct. 7, at 10:52 AM EDT (14:52 UTC) from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS) in Florida. With the formation of Hurricane Milton in the Gulf of Mexico, the weather forecast for launch had been 15 percent favorable, but the weather was acceptable at launch time.