China News Service, September 25. According to a CNN report, NASA decided to give up due to concerns about tropical storm "Ian" hitting Florida, bringing heavy precipitation and lightning strikes. On September 27, the giant lunar exploration rocket "Space Launch System" was launched.
Data map: The new generation of the U.S. moon landing rocket "Space Launch System".
According to reports, Tropical Storm "Ian" will arrive near the southwest coast of Florida in the form of a hurricane on the 27th, bringing rainfall to most of the Florida peninsula.
NASA decided to forgo the September 27 launch opportunity due to weather concerns.
This is the third time the rocket has delayed its launch. NASA initially set the launch date as August 29, but the launch was temporarily suspended that day due to a malfunction.
On September 3, the launch was delayed again due to a fuel leak.
The rocket is still sitting on the launch pad at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Mission team members will continue to monitor the weather to decide whether to push the rocket launcher back into the building.
The staff is still collecting more data for analysis, and if it is decided to push the rocket back, it will be implemented in the late night of the 25th or the early morning of the 26th.
Previously, the team had said October 2 was an alternate launch date.
But for now, a new launch date is unlikely until a decision is made on whether to push the rocket back into the building.
According to reports, the launch of the rocket requires not to fly over any precipitation.
Large rockets flying over sufficiently strong atmospheric electric fields can cause rocket-triggered lightning to form in clouds that do not produce natural lightning.
Experts say natural lightning strikes or those caused by rockets in flight should be avoided, which could cause damage to rockets and jeopardize public safety.