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Good morning, Palm Bay. Here's your local news at a glance for Saturday, the 9th of August.

BUSINESS NEWS

  • SpaceX is targeting a Falcon 9 launch for the KF-02 mission from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral today—opening a 27-minute window at 9:18 a.m. ET—and the booster will land on the droneship A Shortfall of Gravitas in the Atlantic Ocean.  Space Coast Daily
  • SpaceX will launch a Falcon 9 carrying Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral on Tuesday, August 12—weather permitting—and viewers across the Space Coast may see the launch from local beaches and parks.  Florida Today

CRIME NEWS

  • Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey provided an early Friday update on the search for missing 18-year-old Giovanni Pelletier—whose family offered a $25,000 reward for tips—with his agency's involvement remaining limited.  FOX 35 Orlando

ENVIRONMENT NEWS

  • NOAA updated its forecast on August 7 to predict an above-normal hurricane season with 13 to 18 named storms, 5 to 9 hurricanes and 2 to 5 major storms—numbers that are slightly lower than May’s prediction—and advised Florida residents to prepare for the busy months ahead.  Florida Today

FINANCE NEWS

  • Launch Credit Union is expanding its business services by launching new products for medium to large-sized companies on Merritt Island—these services include a Titanium Checking Account with tiered dividends and new fraud prevention tools designed from member feedback. The credit union aims to boost in-person service and efficient, secure banking for their growing business base.  Space Coast Daily

GOVERNMENT NEWS

  • NASA will launch its IMAP spacecraft and two observatories on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Kennedy Space Center in September+ the missions will study the heliosphere as they travel to Lagrange point 1, about one million miles from Earth.  Space Coast Daily

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