First after the accident launch the Falcon 9 with the Iridium NEXT satellites can be held on 9 January, reports AFP with reference to the customer start — Iridium Communications. “We plan to launch on Monday, January 9, at 10:22 am et (21:22 MSK)”— said the source Agency.
Previously, the Federal aviation administration of the USA has approved the results of the investigation of the September emergency situation with the explosion of the Falcon 9. On Thursday, SpaceX successfully conducted pre-launch firing test missiles, this time the test passed without payload.
National aerospace Agency of the USA (NASA) announced that astronaut Robert Kimbrough and Peggy Whitson completed the installation of three new lithium-ion batteries on the ISS external surface. Work on the outer surface of the station, which included the installation of batteries and additional tasks lasted 6 hours 32 minutes, the Astronauts returned to the station on 6 January at 13:55 us Eastern time (21:55 GMT).
Earlier it was reported that the launch of Falcon 9 is scheduled for January 8. SpaceX has also stated that they intend to commit all previously scheduled for 2017 flights.
we will Remind, on September 1, the apparatus of the Falcon 9 exploded at the launch site at Cape Canaveral. As a result of incident nobody has suffered. The incident happened two days before the scheduled launch.
read More about the accident read in the material “Kommersant FM” “the Falcon 9 Rocket exploded before launch”.
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