SpaceX scrubs Starlink satellite launch Wednesday due to weather
This Falcon 9 rocket, launched in November 2019, carried 60 Starlink satellites.
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The newest Launch of SpaceX Starlink is pushed back again, this time because Mother Nature has not worked with the plans to blow up Cape Canaveral in Florida on Wednesday morning.
“Resign from today’s mission due to the weather,” the company’s Twitter account released about 10 minutes before the scheduled start time. “Will announce a new target start date as soon as it has been confirmed in range.”
Resign from today’s mission because of the weather; Continue the countdown to T-1 minute for data collection. Will announce a new start date for the destination as soon as it has been confirmed within range
– SpaceX (@SpaceX), July 8, 2020
The mission was scheduled for June, but was postponed to July due to technical issues. When it finally goes live, it will contain the company’s first batch of broadband satellites equipped with sunscreens to reduce their brightness.
Since Elon Musk’s company started launching the small satellites over a year ago, astronomers and other observers have been surprised and even disturbed The amount of sunlight that is reflected by the rotating routersoften disruptive to scientific observations.
Musk and SpaceX have worked with major astronomical organizations on the issue and are committed to resolving the issue as they drive plans to launch tens of thousands of satellites in the coming years.
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Are SpaceX Starlink satellites ruining the night sky?
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SpaceX originally tried to launch a so-called “Darksat”, which was essentially a Starlink satellite with a dark coating. However, the results of this approach have been mixed. The company next developed and tested a Available sun protection, which he calls “VisorSat”.
A VisorSat was launched earlier this month To test the new technology, the first batch is completely shaded the next time it is started.
The mission will take place shortly after June 30th Falcon 9 rocket launchwho deployed a new GPS satellite, followed by the first SpaceX landing after a military satellite was launched into space.
We will update this post as soon as we have a new start date and time.
