A fire at a radar site used by the Air Force to track rockets lifting off at the Kennedy Space Center has delayed all launches there, including SpaceX’s next Falcon 9 flight.
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A fire at a radar site used by the Air Force to track rockets lifting off at the Kennedy Space Center has delayed all launches there, including SpaceX’s next Falcon 9 flight.
Initially the Air Force thought they could make repairs relatively quick, but now think it could take as long as 45 days. No new launch date for the Falcon 9/Dragon flight as yet been set.
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A fire at a radar site used by the Air Force to track rockets lifting off at the Kennedy Space Center has delayed all launches there, including SpaceX’s next Falcon 9 flight.
Initially the Air Force thought they could make repairs relatively quick, but now think it could take as long as 45 days. No new launch date for the Falcon 9/Dragon flight as yet been set.
Yet another reason for SpaceX to make a decision on building a new launch site.
And LC-39A, and the Florida spaceport proposed just north would still be vicitm to this sort of issue by basically sharing the same range.
It would allow them to carry on with operations but it wouldn’t necessarily help launch the payload that was grounded. From a customer’s perspective, NASA would still face the delay even if SpaceX had a launch site in Texas.
No drop-in replacement units available? Please tell me that somebody will be held accountable for this..