Breaking News: SpaceX Delays Launch 60 Network Satellites

May 16, 2019 | 14:52:51

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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the first 60 Starlink internet communications satellites stands atop the launchpad at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida during a May 15, 2019 launch attempt. SpaceX postponed the launch 24 hours due to high winds.

Over-Great views of Air ;Starlink Satellites will be Launched And SpaceX Delays lightly 60 Network Satellites on the space . The next launching time comes today’s night (May 16). In the history among 60 networking satellites first time in the world and Space-X also launched 9-Rockets that was the great communication At Air Force Station-Space, In Florida on May 15, 2019 launch endeavour/trying then after that Space-X anounced it will launched 24 hours due to weather condition of high airs.

SpaceX will have to stop at least one more day to start setting up its networking-internet-satellite by megaconstellation.

A Falcon 9 rocket was scheduled to launch the first 60 of SpaceX’s Starlink satellites tonight (May 15) from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, but Mother Nature didn’t cooperate: Strong high-altitude winds forced the company to push the attempt by 24 hours.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Pad 39A Kennedy Space Center Friday, May 11, 2018. The rocket is carrying a communications satellite for Bangladesh.

SpaceX made that call just seconds before beginning its launch livestream at 10:45 p.m. EDT (0245 GMT).

The next liftoff opportunity will come tomorrow (May 16) at 10:30 p.m. EDT (0230 GMT on May 17), SpaceX representatives said. You can watch it live here at Space.com when the time comes, courtesy of SpaceX, or directly via the spaceflight company.

The launch will also feature a landing attempt by the Falcon 9’s first stage on one of SpaceX’s drone ships in the Atlantic Ocean. This particular first stage already has two flights, and two successful touchdowns, under its belt.

Starlink is designed to provide affordable internet access to people around the world. But these first 60 satellites won’t be nearly enough to get that job done: Six more such launches will be needed to provide “minor” coverage, and 12 are required for “moderate” coverage, SpaceX representatives have said.

And the constellation could get much bigger still, eventually numbering in the thousands, company founder and CEO Elon Musk has said.

This will be the second Starlink launch SpaceX has performed. The company launched two prototype spacecraft nicknamed Tintin A and Tintin B in February 2018.

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