SpaceX called for the launch of its next Starlink satellite fleet late Sunday night (Nov. 22), delaying a possible record-setting flight of the mission’s Falcon 9 rocket.
The Falcon 9 rocket was set to make its seventh launch from Florida’s Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (a record for a reusable booster) when SpaceX canceled the mission. Liftoff at 9:56 EST (0256 GMT) from 60 Starlink Internet was scheduled to deliver satellites into orbit.
“We’re standing down from today’s Starlink launch.” SpaceX said in an update on Twitter. “Rocket and payload are healthy; teams will use more time to complete data review and will now work towards a backup opportunity on Monday, November 23, at 9:34 pm but will keep an eye on the recovery recovery weather.”
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SpaceX was more than 30 minutes after launch when the mission was canceled.
Spesaeksana Launch Director, Mission Control said Dio live audio webcast on hold “, please hold, hold.” “We stand below today’s mission assurance of additional missions.”
Ndenabarga Air Force base in California, and on Saturday and Sunday on the successful launch of the Falcon 9 launch attempts were waiting. The mission launched the Sentinel-6 Michael Freelich sea-mapping satellite for NASA and the European Space Agency, and soon after it landed its first phase booster.
Today’s planned launch will mark the 23rd launch of SpaceX in 2020 and the landmark 100th flight of the Falcon 9 rocket. High-speed Internet is a vast constellation of satellites in orbit to create spesaeksanum 16th Starlink mission.
The first phase of the Falcon 9 for this flight first began in September 2018, when it launched the Telstar 18 Vantage communications satellite into orbit. It re-flew 10 Iridium Next satellites into orbit in January 2019, and then four more times this year on different Starlink missions.
Following today’s planned launch, the booster is expected to return to Earth again to swim land on SpaceX’s drone ship “Cf Course I Still Love” in the Atlantic Ocean. Weather conditions for that planned recovery could affect plans for a second launch attempt on Monday.
SpaceX’s current Falcon 9 rocket, called the Block 5 Series, is designed to fly at least 10 times, if not more, the company said.
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