Falcon 9 start postponed fourth time

The launch of the SpaceX Falcon 9 carrier company has been postponed for the fourth time. Now the reason for the cancellation of the start is a strong wind. This was announced by the head of the company SpaceX Ilon Musk. According to him, a strong wind "hits the rocket like a sledgehammer." Mask laid out in his Twitter account data on wind speed at different altitudes.

Falcon 9 carries the telecommunications satellite, which is planned to be put into geostationary orbit. After launch, the first stage of the launch vehicle is planned to be put on the off-shore platform “Of Course I Still Love You”. The new start time has not yet been determined.

Push shear up to extreme high altitude wind shear. Hits like a supersonic when she goes up supersonic pic.twitter.com/Gr8T5upaLd

- Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 1, 2016

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The first scheduled launch was canceled due to the weather, due to bad weather conditions it was decided not to launch the rocket.

Team opting to hold launch for today. Looking to try again tomorrow; window also opens at 6:46 pm ET. Rocket and spacecraft remain healthy.

- SpaceX (@SpaceX) February 24, 2016

The second time the start was canceled due to technical reasons: there were unforeseen problems with heavily cooled oxygen .

Countdown held for the day. Teams are reviewing the data and the next available launch date.

- SpaceX (@SpaceX) February 26, 2016

And for the third time, problems with chilled oxygen were caused. True, this time the initial problem is the boat in the launch sector. Due to the expectation, the oxygen temperature increased, a helium bubble appeared, which caused a malfunction signal .

@SpaceX Launch aborted on low thrust alarm. Helium bubble triggered alarm.

- Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 29, 2016

In order for the current load - the telecommunications satellite to be delivered into the geostationary orbit, the carrier will have to spend more fuel to achieve additional speed. Perhaps the fuel is not enough for landing. The company's specialists have already stated that despite the expected failure in landing the first stage on the barge, the data obtained during the landing will allow engineers to improve the design of the rocket.