SpaceX has announced the postponement of the first commercial launch of the Falcon Heavy, the company's most powerful rocket, generating significant thrust from a 27-engine configuration. SpaceX CEO Elon Musk previously said that the development of the super-heavy Falcon Heavy took a lot of time, effort and money.
The Falcon Heavy launch was originally scheduled for Tuesday at 3:36 pm PT (Wednesday 01:36 GMT), but had to be rescheduled due to unsatisfactory weather conditions.
“Now we are planning to launch Falcon Heavy with Arabsat-6A on April 10 - the probability of favorable weather conditions increases to 80%,” the company said on Twitter. According to the schedule, the launch will take place at 3:35 pm PT (Thursday, 01:35 Moscow time) from pad 39A of the Kennedy Space Center.
The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket was launched from the same site in March, delivering the Crew Dragon manned spacecraft, which docked with the ISS, into orbit for testing in unmanned mode.
Recall that on February 6, 2018, Falcon Heavy delivered the Tesla Roadster electric car into space. This time, the rocket will deliver into orbit Saudi Arabia's Arabsat-6A communications satellite weighing 6000 kg, which will provide access to telecommunications networks in the Middle East, Europe and Africa. If successful, another Falcon Heavy launch will take place this year.
Source: 3dnews.ru