Posted on 04/10/2019 5:08:18 PM PDT by BenLurkin
SpaceX's most powerful rocket -- the Falcon Heavy -- was ready to send Saudi Arabia's Arabsat-6A telecommunications satellite into orbit Wednesday, but high atmospheric winds have forced SpaceX to postpone the launch by 24 hours.
On Wednesday Elon Musk, SpaceX CEO suggested that a delay was likely due to "upper atmospheric wind shear" and SpaceX confirmed there would be no launch on the day.
The launch was scheduled for no earlier than 5:32 p.m. PT after the atmospheric conditions pushed the historic flight all the way to the end of its launch window. SpaceX will now use its backup window for launch, which is scheduled to open at 3:32 p.m. PT on April 11 and will remain open until 5:32 p.m. PT.
As with all SpaceX launches, this will be a livestreamed event. It's a particularly notable one, being Falcon Heavy's second flight ever and the very first commercial launch for the gargantuan launch vehicle. It's been over a year since SpaceX sent Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster to space
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Now Falcon Heavy launch and Beresheet lunar landing scheduled for same day. Good luck to both.
Went across the 1A1 to the Lori Wilson park. Beautiful day at Cocoa Beach. But breezy and the upper level sheer was outside the parameters. Maybe tomorrow.
*ping*
Musk run out of rolling papers?
I was stationed at Patrick AFB. The coolest thing I ever saw was a shuttle night launch.
Thanks fieldmarshaldj.
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