SpaceX Delays Starlink Satellite Launch Up To Three Times

SpaceX postponed Starlink launch (photo: Twitter @SpaceX)

JAKARTA SpaceX, a commercial space company, plans to launch a Starlink satellite on Tuesday, January 9. However, this satellite was canceled due to unfavorable weather.

SpaceX was supposed to launch 22 satellites on Thursday, January 11. However, the re-launch was postponed even though the company had prepared Falcon 9 at the Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E), California.

The launch was pushed back to January 12, but SpaceX still had to delay the launch. The company said that, "The recovery weather conditions are unfavorable, the team reorganized the launch of Falcon 9 on Saturday, January 13."

From this latest launch target, SpaceX explained that they will deploy a Falcon 9 rocket with the Starlink satellite at around 12.59 PT. In Indonesian time, the launch will be carried out on Sunday, January 14 at 3.59 WIB.

As usual, SpaceX will broadcast their launch on the website and on platform X, formerly known as Twitter. Live broadcasts will start about five minutes before launch.

This is not the first time SpaceX has delayed launches three times. At the end of last year, SpaceX postponed the launch of a Falcon Heavy rocket carrying an X-37B aircraft belonging to the United States Space Force (USSF).

The rocket on the USSF-52 mission was supposed to launch on December 10. After three delays due to weather issues, the X-37B aircraft was just launched into orbit on Friday, December 29.