SpaceX will repeat on Sunday launch attempt of the Falcon 9 with a communication satellite – RBC

The next attempt to launch the rocket carrier Falcon 9 with the communication satellite SES-9 on the board will be held on Sunday, February 27th. About this in his Twitter reported the company-satellite operator SES.

As specified company, the launch will be made at 18:46 (2:46 MSK Monday) from Baikonur, located at Cape Canaveral in Florida.

Earlier, on 26 February, SpaceX has postponed the launch of the Falcon 9 rocket with the satellite SES-9 connection due to technical problems. The launch was canceled less than two minutes before the planned start.

The rocket was to be held the day before that, but then it was postponed due to bad weather conditions.

At the end of December last year, SpaceX Elon Musk for the first time was able to successfully land the lower reusable stage Falcon 9 to save it for reuse. However, when you restart the landing of the rocket on the marine platform was tough, as a result it suffered serious damage.

SpaceX does not expect Falcon successful landing at the nearest startup, since the satellite will be displayed on the geostationary orbit, having “a unique profile “. SES-9 will

be displayed to a higher orbit, and for this we need more speed and greater fuel capacity, Musk said. The remaining fuel is not enough to return to the first stage of the rocket back to Earth, he said.