China News Service, January 11 (Xinhua) According to the US Space website, on the 10th local time, the US Space Exploration Technology Corporation (SpaceX) announced the postponement of the launch plan of the "Falcon 9" to push the "Starlink" satellite into space.
According to reports, on the 9th, due to bad weather, SpaceX announced the cancellation of the launch of the "Falcon 9" launch vehicle.
On the evening of the 10th, SpaceX canceled the launch plan again because it needed more time to check the data on the "Falcon 9".
"Abandoning today's 'Starlink' launch to double check second stage data. Team preparing for next launch at 7:48pm PT on the 11th," SpaceX wrote on social media Twitter.
About nine minutes after liftoff, the first stage of the Falcon 9 rocket will return and land on an unmanned spacecraft in the Atlantic Ocean, according to SpaceX's mission description.
Then, 29 minutes after liftoff, the rocket's second stage will push 51 "Starlink" satellites into low-Earth orbit.
It is reported that "Starlink" is a satellite network operated by SpaceX, which currently consists of more than 3,300 small satellites in low-Earth orbit.
At present, the number of small satellites is still increasing, and the final number may be very alarming.