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WASHINGTON, March 2 – RIA Novosti. Start launch vehicle Falcon 9 with the communication satellite SES-9 has been postponed again, now he’s moved on Saturday, the head of the organizing launches of SpaceX Elon Musk.
“Shifts the start because of a strong high-altitude winds “- Musk wrote on Twitter. He explained that at the start of the rocket strong wind hitting her as “Sledgehammer”. The new start time is not approved and, as stated by the representative of SpaceX, will be determined after coordination with the Meteorological Service of the US Air Force.
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The launch was to take place on Wednesday night from the spaceport at Cape Canaveral (Florida), but it was postponed several times. So, on Monday, a rocket could not start due to technical problems caused by the delay of the start of the appearance of the vessel in a safe area in the Atlantic.
SES-9 created by Boeing and is owned satellite operator SES. Run the machine was supposed to take place more than six months ago, but was postponed due to the crash of the Falcon 9 rocket in June when sending cargo to the ISS. Recovered after the June accident in January SpaceX conducted two successful launches of the Falcon 9. In the course of the upcoming SpaceX mission also plans to attempt the first stage of the rocket landing on the floating platform in the Atlantic Ocean.
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