MidLand, Jakarta – Launch plan spaceship US time on Monday evening, the US Army’s top-secret X-37B robot on its seventh mission to orbit, and its first flight aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket, was delayed by at least 24 hours, it said SpaceX.
The flight was canceled in the evening, about 25 minutes before the start of the scheduled launch window which opens at 8.14pm. EST (0114 GMT Tuesday) as the rocket prepares to lift off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
In a message published on the social platform SpaceX did not elaborate.
The company did not immediately say when it will try again. The mission’s next launch opportunity is Tuesday evening, SpaceX said.
Initial plans to send the spacecraft into orbit Sunday evening were canceled due to poor weather conditions at the Cape.
The delay occurred during the X-37B’s seventh mission and its first launch aboard the Falcon Heavy, which consists of three reusable rocket cores tied together and is capable of lifting the vehicle into orbit much higher that never.
Announcement
About the size of a small bus and resembling a miniature space shuttle, the X-37B was built to deploy various payloads and conduct technology experiments on long-duration orbital flights.
The X-37B has flown six previous missions since 2010, its last flight coming more than two years before the vehicle landed again in November 2022.
Department of Defense United States of America revealed few details about its operation, which was carried out as part of the military’s national security space launch program.
Editor’s Choice: Top 20 Campuses in Indonesia in QS WUR Sustainability 2024, ITB Leads
Always update the latest information. Listen to the latest news and selected news from Tempo.co on the Telegram channel “Tempo.co Update”. Click https://t.me/tempodotcoupdate join. You must first install the Telegram application.
Quoted From Many Source
