{"id":13615,"date":"2018-09-06T20:17:03","date_gmt":"2018-09-06T12:17:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/spacex-launch-delayed-to-sunday-night\/"},"modified":"2018-09-06T20:17:03","modified_gmt":"2018-09-06T12:17:03","slug":"spacex-launch-delayed-to-sunday-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/spacex-launch-delayed-to-sunday-night\/","title":{"rendered":"SpaceX launch delayed to Sunday night"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>EDITOR\u2019S NOTE: Updated at 9 p.m. EDT (0100 GMT) with SpaceX\u2019s&nbsp;confirmation of the one-day delay.<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_34334\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34334\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-34334\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/f9_t19v_onpad.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/f9_t19v_onpad.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/f9_t19v_onpad-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/f9_t19v_onpad-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/f9_t19v_onpad-678x452.jpeg 678w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-34334\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">File photo of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on its launch pad. Credit: SpaceX<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A commercial communications satellite set for launch from Florida\u2019s Space Coast on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket to beam broadband and television signals across the Asia-Pacific region will remain on Earth until at least Sunday night, 24 hours later than previously scheduled.<\/p>\n<p>The Telstar 18 VANTAGE satellite, also known as APSTAR 5C, was supposed to launch atop a brand new Falcon 9 rocket Saturday night. The high-power telecom craft, built by SSL in Palo Alto, California, weighs around 15,564 pounds (7,060 kilograms) and is set to begin a 15-year mission for Telesat and APT Satellite, based in Canada and Hong Kong, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>But officials decided to delay the launch, according to Gerald Nagler, a Telesat spokesperson. Nagler did not provide a new target launch date, but the website for Patrick Air Force Base, headquarters of the U.S. Air Force\u2019s 45th Space Wing, was updated late Thursday to show the mission is scheduled for liftoff Sunday, Sept. 9.<\/p>\n<p>The four-hour launch window opens at 11:28 p.m. EDT Sunday (0328 GMT Monday).<\/p>\n<p>SpaceX later tweeted to confirm the one-day delay.<\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" class=\"\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden; width: 0px; height: 0px;\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1037843911870316545&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fspaceflightnow.com%2F2018%2F09%2F06%2Fspacex-launch-delayed%2F&amp;sessionId=e414025da8f9bee50588d2f73295ce2156bdbcd1&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=6a3ad42b224df%3A1778106238597&amp;width=550px\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\" data-twitter-extracted-i1782699619942394787=\"true\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Now targeting September 9 launch of Telstar 18 VANTAGE from Pad 40 in Florida. Rocket and payload are healthy; additional time will be used to complete pre-flight checkouts.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 SpaceX (@SpaceX) September 6, 2018<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Marine tracking websites Thursday showed SpaceX\u2019s rocket landing platform continuing toward the recovery zone for the Falcon 9\u2019s first stage booster in the Atlantic Ocean east of Cape Canaveral. SpaceX plans to retrieve the first stage for reuse on a future mission.<\/p>\n<p>The launch of the Telstar 18 VANTAGE\/APSTAR 5C satellite will be SpaceX\u2019s 16th mission of the year \u2014 including launches from Florida and California \u2014 and the 16th launch from Cape Canaveral overall in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>SpaceX test-fired the Falcon 9\u2019s first stage engines at Cape Canaveral\u2019s Complex 40 launch pad Wednesday, then lowered the rocket for rollback to a nearby hangar, where technicians planned to attach the Telstar 18 VANTAGE\/APSTAR 5C spacecraft to the launcher.<\/p>\n<p>The satellite&nbsp;will provide C-band and Ku-band communications services across the Asia-Pacific region from a perch in geostationary orbit nearly 22,300 miles (35,800 kilometers) over the equator.<\/p>\n<p>The new satellite will launch into an elliptical transfer orbit aboard the Falcon 9, then use its on-board thruster to climb into a circular orbit, where its orbital velocity will match the rate of Earth\u2019s rotation at 138 degrees east longitude.<\/p>\n<p>Once Telstar 18 VANTAGE arrives at its operating post, it will beam high-throughput signals to serve direct-to-home broadcast, video distribution, maritime, and other telecom markets. Carrying a combination of broad regional beams and high-bandwidth spot beams, the satellite\u2019s coverage area will span from India and Pakistan in the west, to Hawaii in the east.<\/p>\n<p>APT Satellite of Hong Kong \u2014 also known as APSTAR \u2014 paid for 57.5 percent of the mission\u2019s cost in exchange for use of the same percentage of the satellite\u2019s communications capacity.<\/p>\n<p><b><i>Email the author.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Follow Stephen Clark on Twitter: @StephenClark1.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EDITOR\u2019S NOTE: Updated at 9 p.m. EDT (0100 GMT) with SpaceX\u2019s&nbsp;confirmation of the one-day delay. File photo of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on its launch pad. 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