SpaceX 推迟从西海岸发射星链卫星

SpaceX pushed back to Saturday the launch of a Falcon 9 rocket from California due to unfavorable weather for booster recovery in the Pacific Ocean. The launch, carrying 22 Starlink satellites, will add to the more than 5,300 satellites already in orbit.

由于太平洋天气不利于助推器回收，SpaceX 推迟了周六从加利福尼亚州发射猎鹰 9 号火箭的计划。此次发射搭载了 22 颗星链卫星，使现有在轨卫星数量超过 5,300 颗。

The rocket is now set to liftoff from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Saturday, Jan. 13, at 12:59 a.m. PST (3:59 a.m. EST, 0859 UTC). The launch has already been delayed multiple times, as delay from Thursday was also due to poor weather, according to SpaceX.

该火箭目前定于太平洋标准时间 1 月 13 日星期六中午 12:59（美国东部标准时间凌晨 3:59，世界标准时间 0859）从加利福尼亚州范登堡太空部队基地的 4 号东太空发射综合体 (SLC-4E) 升空。据 SpaceX 称，此次发射已经被多次推迟，从周四开始的推迟也是由于天气恶劣。

The first stage booster supporting this mission, tail number B1061, is set to launch for the 18th time. It previously launched two astronaut flights, two Transporter ride-share missions and seven Starlink flights among seven other missions.

支持此次任务的第一级助推器尾号为 B1061，预计将进行第 18 次发射。该公司此前曾发射过两次宇航员飞行、两次运输车拼车任务和七次星链飞行以及其他七项任务。

Following liftoff, it will land on the droneship ‘Of Course I Still Love You’ about 8.5 minutes later.

升空后，大约 8.5 分钟后，它将降落在“当然我仍然爱你”无人机上。

While four launches in two weeks would be an incredible pace for any other launch company, SpaceX’s launch cadence has slowed down a bit at the start of the year since one of its East Coast droneships is still sidelined.

虽然两周内发射四次对于任何其他发射公司来说都是令人难以置信的速度，但 SpaceX 的发射节奏在今年年初有所放缓，因为其东海岸的一艘无人机仍处于搁置状态。

The droneship, ‘Just Read the Instructions,’ has not yet returned to service after B1058 fell over during the recovery process following the launch of the Starlink 6-36 mission in late December.

12月底星链6-36任务发射后，B1058在回收过程中翻倒，这艘名为“Just Read the instructions”的无人机尚未恢复使用。

A Falcon 9 is currently scheduled to make another Starlink delivery mission from Cape Canaveral later on Saturday at 7:52 p.m. EST (0052 UTC). The drone ship ‘A Shortfall of Gravitas’ left Port Canaveral Thursday evening to support that mission.

猎鹰 9 号目前计划于周六晚上 7 点 52 分从卡纳维拉尔角执行另一次星链传送任务。美国东部时间 (0052 UTC)。周四晚上，“重力不足”号无人船离开卡纳维拉尔港以支持该任务。

While SpaceX did not say if Starlink 7-10 is carrying additional satellites that feature direct to cellphone capabilities, the company has been making strides on the testing front. In an update on Wednesday, SpaceX stated that they successfully sent and received text messages via Starlink using the T-Mobile network.

虽然 SpaceX 没有透露 Starlink 7-10 是否携带其他具有直接连接手机功能的卫星，但该公司一直在测试方面取得进展。在周三的更新中，SpaceX 表示，他们使用 T-Mobile 网络成功通过 Starlink 发送和接收短信。

“As the global leader in rocket and satellite launch and manufacturing, SpaceX is uniquely positioned to rapidly scale our Direct to Cell network and will rapidly launch a constellation of hundreds of satellites to enable text service in 2024 and voice, data, and Internet of Things (IoT) services in 2025,” SpaceX said in a statement.

“作为火箭和卫星发射和制造领域的全球领导者，SpaceX 具有独特的优势，能够快速扩展我们的 Direct to Cell 网络，并将在 2024 年快速发射由数百颗卫星组成的星座，以实现文本服务以及语音、数据和物联网（物联网）服务将在 2025 年推出。”SpaceX 在一份声明中表示。

The company is also in the midst of preparing for the first of four planned crewed missions to the International Space Station in 2024. The Ax-3 mission, coordinated by Axiom Space, is set to liftoff from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on Wednesday, Jan. 17 at 5:11 p.m. EST (2211 UTC).

该公司还正在为 2024 年飞往国际空间站的四次载人飞行任务中的第一次做准备。由 Axiom Space 协调的 Ax-3 任务将于 2019 年从 NASA 肯尼迪航天中心的 39A 发射场升空。 1 月 17 日星期三下午 5:11美国东部时间（2211 世界标准时间）。