First commercial satellite launch extended to Thursday

According to foreign media reports, due to missed the launch window time, SpaceX company decided to the local time this afternoon the first commercial satellite launch to the Thursday.

SpaceX was created in 2002 by the Silicon Valley "Iron Man" Elon (Elon Musk), which aims to eliminate the cumbersome procedures of the official space agency and reduce the cost of rocket launches to One-tenth.

SpaceX's upgraded "Falcon 9th" rocket will be launched 5:37 P.M. local time at Cape Canaveral in Florida State to send a communications satellite to orbit 22000 miles above the equator, the USA Today reported yesterday. This is SpaceX's first commercial satellite launch mission and, if successful, will be an important step forward for the private aerospace carrier. The satellite model is SES-8, from the satellite operator SES.

Martin Halliwell, chief technology officer at SES, said: "The facts are clear that SpaceX's entry into the commercial market will change the rules of the game in this field and Martin Liville the entire space industry." ”

This is the second launch of the upgraded "Falcon 9th" rocket, which showed an optional engine restart failure in the April test this year, but SpaceX said the problem had been solved. The first "Falcon 9th" has successfully sent several spacecraft to the International Space Station, but the International Space station is only 230 miles off the ground, the new model will send the satellite to far more orbit.

Although the launch time was determined at Monday-5:37 P.M., the launch countdown has been postponed several times in order to get better window time. "Our rockets are safe and the spacecraft are in good shape and they are ready to go into the countdown." "SpaceX company said.