{"id":1269,"date":"2020-03-28T12:43:42","date_gmt":"2020-03-28T12:43:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/?p=1269"},"modified":"2020-03-28T12:43:43","modified_gmt":"2020-03-28T12:43:43","slug":"spacex-encounters-launch-delay-due-to-coronavirus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/2020\/03\/28\/spacex-encounters-launch-delay-due-to-coronavirus\/","title":{"rendered":"SpaceX Encounters Launch Delay due to Coronavirus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" src=\"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/First-ever_SpaceX_launch_from_Vandenberg_AFB.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1170\" srcset=\"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/First-ever_SpaceX_launch_from_Vandenberg_AFB.jpg 400w, http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/First-ever_SpaceX_launch_from_Vandenberg_AFB-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>SpaceX&#8217;s next launches have been postponed by\ninternational travel restrictions imposed because of the growing&nbsp;coronavirus\npandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The launch that would have sent a Falcon 9 rocket to deliver a satellite into orbit around Earth, was originally scheduled for March 30. The satellite is part of a program for the Argentinian space agency CONAE. Now it seems that launch won\u2019t take place and it is unclear exactly when it may be rescheduled. The launch was set to take place at <a href=\"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/\">Cape Canaveral Air Force Station<\/a> in Florida. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>On Tuesday, however, the Air Force\u2019s 45th Space Wing confirmed that the timing for SpaceX\u2019s upcoming launch has been put on hold due to the impact of the current coronavirus crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was inevitable that SpaceX launches and\nschedules would be affected by the coronavirus pandemic The spread of the virus\nhas affected every aspect of our lives, and it is not surprising at all to see\nthat it caught up with SpaceX too. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the other hand, NASA had been forced to\nplace all of its centers in the U.S. on lockdown and pause work on some of its\nongoing priority missions, including its James Webb Telescope project and building\nof the Artemis program deep-space exploration spacecraft. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Mars 2020 mission is still expected to\nlaunch in July, though it is also possible to be pushed back before then. The\nJames Webb Space Telescope, on the other hand, will likely face significant\ndelays as work on the project is paused. It seems, the telescope project, delayed\nso many times, will have to wait.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SpaceX&#8217;s next launches have been postponed by international travel restrictions imposed because of the growing&nbsp;coronavirus pandemic. The launch that would have sent a Falcon 9 rocket to deliver a satellite into orbit around Earth, was originally scheduled for March 30. The satellite is part of a program for the Argentinian space agency CONAE. Now it &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/2020\/03\/28\/spacex-encounters-launch-delay-due-to-coronavirus\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;SpaceX Encounters Launch Delay due to Coronavirus&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1269"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1269"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1269\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1270,"href":"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1269\/revisions\/1270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}