{"id":86899,"date":"2010-05-28T00:49:16","date_gmt":"2010-05-27T16:49:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/gps-2f-launch-delay-pushes-spacexs-falcon-9-test-to-june\/"},"modified":"2010-05-28T00:49:16","modified_gmt":"2010-05-27T16:49:16","slug":"gps-2f-launch-delay-pushes-spacexs-falcon-9-test-to-june","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/gps-2f-launch-delay-pushes-spacexs-falcon-9-test-to-june\/","title":{"rendered":"GPS 2F Launch Delay Pushes SpaceX\u2019s Falcon 9 Test to June"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[05-27-10] <strong>United Launch Alliance<\/strong>\u2019s (ULA) postponed Delta 4 launch of the <strong>U.S. Air Force<\/strong>\u2019s Global Positioning System 2F-SV1 satellite (GPS 2F-SV1) has pushed <strong>SpaceX<\/strong>\u2019s first test launch of Falcon 9 to no earlier than June 2, SpaceX confirmed May 26.<br \/>\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Falcon 9 test launch was originally scheduled to happen between March and May. In April, the launch was pushed back again to May 8 in order to account for the rocket\u2019s Flight Termination System (FTS) certification process and a U.S. Air Force safety review. <br \/>\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; SpaceX is working with its FTS component supplier, Ensign Bickford Aerospace &amp; Defense Co., to complete testing and provide final safety data to the Air for review and acceptance. <br \/>\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; SpaceX will use the Falcon 9 to perform three flights of the Dragon spacecraft under NASA\u2019s Commercial Orbital Transportation Services contract to demonstrate delivery of cargo to the International Space Station as well as returning cargo to Earth.<\/p>\n<h2>Related Stories-<\/h2>\n<p>\n<b class=\"titlelink\">ULA Postpones GPS 2F Launch<\/b>&nbsp;&nbsp; \t\t\tSatellite Today&nbsp;&nbsp; \t\t\tMay 20, 2010<br \/>\n[05-20-10] United Launch  Alliance (ULA) has postponed the Delta 4 launch of the U.S. Air Force s  Global Positioning System 2F-SV1satellite (GPS 2F-SV1) to May 21, the  company announced. ULA said its mission managers determined\u2026<\/p>\n<p><b class=\"titlelink\">Falcon 9 Test Launch Pushed Back to May<\/b>&nbsp;&nbsp; \t\t\tSatellite Today&nbsp;&nbsp; \t\t\tApril 6, 2010<br \/>\n[04-06-10] SpaceX s first  Falcon 9 test launch will happen no earlier than May 8, the company  announced April 5. The two stage rocked initially was scheduled for  testing between March and May. SpaceX said the test was pushed\u2026<\/p>\n<p><b class=\"titlelink\">SpaceX Activates Dragon UHF Hardware on ISS<\/b>&nbsp;&nbsp; \t\t\tSatellite Today&nbsp;&nbsp; \t\t\tMarch 30, 2010<br \/>\n[03-30-10] SpaceX has  activated its Dragon spacecraft communication hardware aboard the  International Space Station (ISS) as part of its Commercial Orbital  Transportation Services (COTS) contract with NASA, the company  announced\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[05-27-10] United Launch Alliance\u2019s (ULA) postponed Delta 4 launch of the U.S. Air Force\u2019s Global Positioning System 2F-SV1 satellite (GPS 2F-SV1) has pushed SpaceX\u2019s first test launch of Falcon 9 to no earlier than June 2, SpaceX confirmed May 26. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Falcon 9 test launch was originally scheduled to happen between March and May. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-86899","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86899"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86899"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86899\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86899"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86899"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86899"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}