Falcon 9 and Vega-C Launches Delayed (Image Credit: Payload)
SpaceX Falcon 9 launches to the International Space Station and the moon and the second flight of Europe’s Vega-C rocket have been rescheduled due to various reasons.
Cargo Resupply Mission
SpaceX was forced to postpone the launch of its CRS-26 Cargo Dragon mission to the International Space Station due to inclement weather in Florida. The launch has now been rescheduled for tomorrow.
Launch Vehicle: Falcon 9
Payload: CRS-26 Cargo Dragon
Date: Saturday, Nov. 26
Launch Time: 2:20 p.m. EST (19:20 UTC)
Launch Site: Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
Webcast: https://www.nasa.gov/live (beginning 2 p.m. EST (19:00 UTC)
Hakuto-R Mission
The launch of ispace’s Hakuto-R lander to the moon has been delayed two days. The lander will carry the United Arab Emirates’ Rashid rover, a transformable Japanese robots, and other payloads to the surface. NASA’s Lunar Flashlight orbiter, which will search for water ice on the surface, is a secondary payload on the mission.
Launch Vehicle: Falcon 9
Payload: Hakuto-R lunar lander
Date: Wednesday, Nov. 30
Launch Time: 3:39 a.m. EST (08:39 UTC)
Launch Site: Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Fla.
Webcast: www.spacex.com
Vega-C Launch Delayed
Arianespace has delayed the second launch of the Vega-C rocket due to defective equipment on the booster. The booster was to have launched the Pléiades Neo 5 and Pléiades Neo 6 satellites to complete Airbus Defence and Space’s Earth Observation constellation on Tuesday.
Arianespace has set Dec. 20 as the new launch date.
