The SpaceX rocket that presented the company’s first astronaut project for NASA last month powered its engines on Saturday, July 11, at a level that sets the standard for the launch of south Korea’s first army satellite this week.
The Falcon nine rocket briefly ignited its nine first-stage Merlin engines, known as static firing verification at the Space Launch Compex-40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Base in Florida. Popular verification of the SpaceX rocket paves the way for the planned launch of the Anasis-II army communications satellite for the South Korean government on Tuesday, July 14 at 5pm. EDT (17:00 GMT).
“The static chimney verification ended on July 14 for the launch of the SLC-40 ANASIS-II Falcon nine in Florida,” SpaceX wrote in a Twitter update. The same stage of Falcon Nine introduced NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley to the International Space Station on Demo-2, SpaceX’s first manned area flight, on May 30, spaceX added.
The new satellite is based on Airbus’ Eurostar E3000 satellite platform and will be introduced into a geostationary orbit, Airbus added. Geostationary orbits allow satellites to be placed on the same component of the Earth at an altitude of approximately 22,000 miles (36,000 kilometers).
According to Spaceflight Now, Anasis-II formerly known as KMilSatCom. Until that mission, South Korea relied on civilian and foreign satellites for its communications needs, Spaceflight Now said.
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