SpaceX has postponed the launch of the Falcon 9 rocket from-for a strong wind
Start of the carrier rocket Falcon 9 SpaceX with the telecommunications satellite EchoStar-23, which was to be held the morning of 14 March, was postponed due to strong winds. About this on his Twitter page announced the company SpaceX.
“Launch postponed due to strong winds, work on the ability to make the following attempt of start” — according to SpaceX.
Standing down due to high winds; working toward the next available launch opportunity.
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) March 14, 2017
The launch of the Falcon 9 was scheduled for 08:34 GMT on March 14, the weather forecast for launch was generally favorable, the probability of cancellation of the start the weather conditions the day before it did not exceed 30%. Earlier it was reported that a backup launch date of the launch vehicle on 16 March.
Booster Falcon 9 was supposed to deliver in a geostationary orbit a satellite owned by EchoStar Corporation, designed to transmit TV signal from Brazil, reported on the website of the Kennedy Space center. Companion life which lasts for 15 years, was created by Space Systems/Loral (SS/L).
Earlier, on 18 February, is scheduled to launch a Falcon 9 with the Dragon truck was lifted about 10 seconds before the start due to technical problems.
In early February, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing its sources in the US government and the space industry that the design of the Falcon 9 rocket had problems with the blades of the turbine, which is fed fuel into the engines of the rocket.