site.btaLaunch of First Bulgarian Geostationary Communications Satellite Postponed

Launch of First Bulgarian Geostationary Communications Satellite Postponed

Washington, June 20 (BTA) - The SpaceX company postponed the launch of the first Bulgarian geostationary communications satellite BulgariaSat-1 from June 19 to at least June 23, SpaceFlights.news reported.

The official reason for the postponement was a problem with one of the pneumatic valves of the launch vehicle Falcon-9.

The first possible date for the launch from Cape Canaveral was set on June 23 with a lasting 2 hours window starting at 18:10 UTC. A backup date was set on June 25.