The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration has confirmed a four-hour launch window for the June 6 launch from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
The takeoff of the Polaris Dawn mission of SpaceX, an orbital mission that will include the first non-governmental spacewalk in history, is planned for Fridayas announced by the aU.S. civil aviation regulatory agency.
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) released an operations plan indicating a four-hour window for launch, from 03:33 local time (07:33 GMT) on Friday at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
More takeoff opportunities are expected on Saturday and Sunday. SpaceX, owned by billionaire Elon Musk, has not yet commented on the launch window.
Organized by the American billionaire Jared Isaacman, The Polaris Dawn mission aims to reach a maximum altitude of 1,400 kilometers, the highest for a manned mission in more than half a century, since NASA’s Apollo program.
It will be the first spacewalk by a crew composed of non-professional astronauts.
The highlight of the trip will be the first spacewalk by a four-member crew of non-professional astronauts, who will wear modern extravehicular activity (EVA) suits recently developed by SpaceX.
The launch was delayed twice last week, first due to a technical problem with the launch tower and then due to weather conditions that would affect the return phase.
To make matters worse, another SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket mission lost its first-stage booster, which normally performs a precision vertical landing on an unmanned platform.
The incident prompted a temporary suspension of operations – now complete – for the prolific launch vehicle, on which NASA and private companies rely heavily to launch astronauts and satellites into orbit.
Source: Ambito
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