Air problems persist when NASA and Boeing want to get started Star Capsule for unmanned vital test flight International Space Station Tuesday (August 3).
The launch target is 1:20 pm. EDT (1720 GMT), current weather patterns promote southern rainfall and thunderstorms along the east coast of Florida. 45. Oro Escadra, Monitoring launch conditions from the Kennedy Space Center and the Cape Canaveral Space Force Base. Current office forecasts show that the Starliner could explode before the turbulent weather begins, with a 40% chance of allowing the weather to start on Tuesday.
Written by Squadron Officers Vertically Posted on Saturday (July 31). “However, due to weather conditions, violations, rain and thunderstorms, especially at the end of the calculation.”
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In particular, the office monitors cloud formation, surface electric fields, and potential lighting hazards.
The same harsh weather that intimidated the launch crew prompted the mission team to unleash the Starliner and its Atlas V missile. Inside He arrived at the launch site on Thursday (July 29) in preparation for launch on Friday (July 30). Despite the weather and concerns on the day of the launch, the mission was delayed after the International Space Station spent about 45 minutes in proper orientation on Thursday. Application failure This led to the motivation of the newly arrived Russian scientific unit.
If Starliner can’t launch on Tuesday, the next option will be on Wednesday (August 4). Once the capsule is flown, the launch will begin a full-day voyage to the International Space Station, where you will spend less than a week returning to Earth in the western United States.
Calling the launch Orbital Flight Test-2 or Off-2The Boeing Starliner system is a critical milestone, with the first attempt to launch a test flight to the space station in 2019. December .. Mission: To show that the system is ready to carry astronauts.
Nineteen months after NASA and Boeing processed 80 of the flight failure recommendations, Starliner is ready to test another flight. The successful mission will pave the way for three NASA astronauts to begin a manned flight test later this year, which will allow Boeing to put ordinary astronauts into orbit as rival SpaceX has already begun. Dragon Crew Capsule
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