SpaceX delays Falcon 1 launch a day
Posted: Wed, Feb 8, 2006, 8:30 AM ET (1330 GMT)
SpaceX has pushed back this week's inaugural launch of its Falcon 1 rocket a day in order to conduct a countdown test. The launch is now scheduled for 4 pm EST (2100 GMT) Friday — Saturday morning at the launch site in Kwajalein — so that SpaceX can conduct a countdown test and brief test-firing of the rocket's main engine on Thursday. If no problems take place during the test, SpaceX plans to proceed with the Friday launch. Two launch attempts in November and December were scrubbed because of technical problems; the second attempt ended up damaging the first stage, forcing the company to ship out a replacement.
SpaceX has pushed back this week's inaugural launch of its Falcon 1 rocket a day in order to conduct a countdown test. The launch is now scheduled for 4 pm EST (2100 GMT) Friday — Saturday morning at the launch site in Kwajalein — so that SpaceX can conduct a countdown test and brief test-firing of the rocket's main engine on Thursday. If no problems take place during the test, SpaceX plans to proceed with the Friday launch. Two launch attempts in November and December were scrubbed because of technical problems; the second attempt ended up damaging the first stage, forcing the company to ship out a replacement.
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