Starship's 7th Test Flight With Simulated Starlink Payload Delayed Until Thursday Due To Unfavorable Weather, Says SpaceX
Starship's 7th Test Flight With Simulated Starlink Payload Delayed Until Thursday Due To Unfavorable Weather, Says SpaceX
SpaceX's seventh test flight of its Starship launch vehicle is now slated for Thursday, after getting pushed back from Wednesday owing to unfavorable weather conditions.
SpaceX的第七次Starship運載火箭測試飛行現已定於週四,因天氣條件不佳而推遲至週三。
What Happened: The company said that it is currently preparing to launch Starship on Thursday at 4:00 p.m. CT.
發生了什麼:公司表示,當前正在準備於週四下午4點(中部時間)發射Starship。
The launch was previously slated for Wednesday but the company had warned that it is keeping a close eye on weather and that the timeline could be pushed in case of adverse conditions.
該發射原定於週三,但公司曾警告近期密切關注天氣情況,如遇不利條件,時間表可能會推遲。
Starship's seventh flight test has already been postponed multiple times. In December, company CEO Elon Musk had pegged it for as early as Jan. 10.
Starship的第七次飛行測試已經多次推遲。去年十二月,公司CEO埃隆·馬斯克曾預測最早在1月10日進行。
Why It Matters: Starship, currently undergoing testing and development, will launch from Starbase for its seventh test flight carrying 10 Starlink simulators which are similar in size and weight to the company's next-generation Starlink satellites in a bid to demonstrate its capabilities in the satellite launch segment.
爲什麼這很重要:Starship當前正在進行測試和開發,將從Starbase發射第七次測試飛行,攜帶10個Starlink模擬器,這些模擬器的大小和重量與公司下一代Starlink衛星相似,旨在展示其在衛星發射領域的能力。
For the upcoming flight, SpaceX is looking to catch the two-stage vehicle's booster back at the launch pad at Starbase with the launch tower's metallic arms like on its fifth test flight in October. However, in case of any safety concerns, the company will splash it down in the Gulf of Mexico, it said.
對於即將到來的飛行,SpaceX(臨時代碼)希望能夠像在十月的第五次測試飛行中一樣,通過運載塔的金屬臂在星際基地的發射臺上抓回兩級飛行器的助推器。然而,若有任何安全顧慮,該公司表示將使其在墨西哥灣安全着陸。
The spacecraft, meanwhile, is slated to be splashed down in the Indian Ocean for the upcoming test.
與此同時,飛船計劃將在印度洋進行即將到來的測試時進行濺落。
While SpaceX has conducted 6 test flights of its ambitious launch vehicle to date, none of them carried a payload. The last test flight of Starship was in November.
儘管SpaceX迄今已進行了6次其雄心勃勃的運載火箭測試飛行,但其中沒有一次攜帶有效載荷。星艦的最後一次測試飛行是在11月。
Starship is key to many big ambitions in the field of space exploration. While NASA is looking forward to landing humans back on the surface of the Moon after a gap of over 50 years with the help of a custom version of the Starship, Musk dreams of taking humans to the planet Mars aboard the vehicle.
星艦在太空探索領域許多宏偉目標中扮演着關鍵角色。NASA希望藉助定製版星艦在超過50年的空白後將人類送回月球表面,而馬斯克則夢想着將人類乘坐這款飛行器送往火星。
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