On Tuesday, November 22, the American agency “NASA” announced the cancellation of the launch of the space truck Cargo Dragon 2 of the American company “SpaceX”. International Space Station RT reported bad weather.
The Falcon 9 rocket was to be launched from a space truck at 3:54 p.m. on Nov. 22 EST (11:54 p.m. Moscow time) from Cape Canaveral, Florida. However, NASA has decided to postpone the space mission for another day, two minutes before the launch of the rocket. A NASA spokesman said there was concern the vehicle could be struck by lightning during launch.
The spacecraft is scheduled to launch on November 26 or 27. Two arrays of powerful iROSA solar cells are expected to be transported to the International Space Station, replacing the solar cells installed on the station since 2000, increasing the power of the station’s power system from 160 kW to 215 kW.
It is important to note that the Cygnus space trucks of the American company Northrop Grumman are the ones that deliver the cargo to the station, but are subsequently burned in the earth’s atmosphere together with the waste taken from the station. Cargo Dragon 2 is a spacecraft that returns to Earth after separating from the space station.
