WASHINGTON, Jun 3 The launch of the Dragon cargo ship to the International Space Station (ISS) will take place on Sunday, SpaceX announced .
«We are now planning to launch the Falcon 9 with the CRS-28 mission for NASA on Sunday June 4th,» the company said. According to the information provided, additional time is needed to prepare the ship and improve weather conditions. It was previously planned that the Falcon-9 launch vehicle will launch a cargo mission to the ISS from the Cape Canaveral launch site on Saturday.
According to NASA, the launch is scheduled for 12.12 US East Coast time (19.12 Moscow time). In case of a successful launch, the spacecraft will arrive at the ISS on Tuesday, June 6 at 12:50 Moscow time.
In addition to supplies and materials for scientific work, Dragon will deliver a new pair of iRosa solar antennas to the ISS. They are planned to be installed during the two planned spacewalks of NASA astronauts scheduled for June.