SpaceX is now expected to introduce an Italian Earth-observation satellite no earlier than today (Jan. 29), 2 days behind planned due to bad weather, and youll be able to see it live here when it raises off.A two-stage SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket topped with the Cosmo-SkyMed Second Generation FM2 (CSG-2) satellite is scheduled to take off from Floridas Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 6:11 p.m. EST (2311 GMT) on Saturday. SpaceX initially aimed to launch the objective Thursday, however delayed it for 24 hours less than hour before liftoff. A launch effort on Friday was prevented by a thick cloud layer, the business stated. ” Standing down from todays launch of COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation FM2 due to bad weather condition conditions at the launch site tonight; next opportunity is tomorrow, January 29 at 6:11 p.m. EST,” SpaceX composed on Twitter after scrubbing the launch.You can watch all the action live here at Space.com when the time comes, thanks to SpaceX, or directly through the company. SpaceX webcasts typically start 15 to 20 minutes prior to liftoff.Saturdays weather report requires an 80% chance of good launch conditions, with winds at liftoff and upper-level wind shear as the only issues, according to a forecast from the U.S. Space Forces Delta 45 group.Related: The evolution of SpaceXs rockets in picturesA SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation FM2 Earth-observation radar satellite for Italy stands atop Space Launch Complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida ahead of a planned launch on Jan. 28, 2022. (Image credit: SpaceX) The Cosmo-SkyMed Second Generation program is moneyed by the Italian Space Agency, the Italian Ministry of Defense and the Italian Ministry of Education, Universities and Scientific Research. The system consists of two satellites, which are created to observe Earth utilizing synthetic aperture radar (SAR). CSG is an improved follow-on to the original Cosmo-SkyMed system. ” COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation [s] function is to monitor the Earth for the sake of emergency situation avoidance, technique, clinical and business functions, supplying information on a worldwide scale to support a variety of applications amongst which danger management, environment, cartography and forest protection, natural deposits expedition, land management, defense and security, maritime surveillance, food and farming management,” European Space Agency authorities composed in a description of the program.The initially CSG satellite, CSG-1, released atop an Arianespace Soyuz rocket from Kourou, French Guiana in December 2019 and is currently operating in a sun-synchronous polar orbit, 385 miles (620 kilometers) above Earth. CSG-2 is headed for the same orbit.This will be the third launch for this Falcon 9 rockets very first stage. The booster formerly assisted launch the Arabsat-6A interactions satellite and Space Test Program 2 objective for the U.S. military. For this flight, the rocket is expected to come back for a vertical goal at SpaceXs Landing Site 1 at Cape Canaveral not long after launch.Saturdays planned launch is part of an extremely hectic 10-day stretch for SpaceX. Its robotic Dragon cargo spacecraft returned from the International Space Station on Monday (Jan. 24), and the company is planning to release a batch of its Starlink internet satellites on Sunday (Jan. 30) in addition to the NROL-87 objective for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office on Feb. 2. Editors note: SpaceX had actually initially targeted Thursday (Jan. 27) for the launch of CSG-2 but pressed it 24 hours since of weather. This story was updated at 6:26 p.m. EST (2326 GMT) on Jan. 28 to include the scrubbed launch attempt.Mike Wall is the author of “Out There” (Grand Central Publishing, 2018; shown by Karl Tate), a book about the look for alien life. Follow him on Twitter @michaeldwall. Follow us on Twitter @Spacedotcom or on Facebook..
SpaceX is now expected to introduce an Italian Earth-observation satellite no earlier than today (Jan. 29), two days later than prepared due to bad weather condition, and youll be able to see it live here when it raises off.A two-stage SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket topped with the Cosmo-SkyMed Second Generation FM2 (CSG-2) satellite is arranged to raise off from Floridas Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 6:11 p.m. EST (2311 GMT) on Saturday.” Standing down from todays launch of COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation FM2 due to bad weather conditions at the launch site tonight; next chance is tomorrow, January 29 at 6:11 p.m. EST,” SpaceX wrote on Twitter after scrubbing the launch.You can view all the action live here at Space.com when the time comes, courtesy of SpaceX, or straight by means of the business. SpaceX webcasts usually start 15 to 20 minutes prior to liftoff.Saturdays weather condition forecast calls for an 80% chance of great launch conditions, with winds at liftoff and upper-level wind shear as the only issues, according to a forecast from the U.S. Space Forces Delta 45 group.Related: The development of SpaceXs rockets in picturesA SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation FM2 Earth-observation radar satellite for Italy stands atop Space Launch Complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida ahead of a prepared launch on Jan. 28, 2022.