Launch was scheduled to take place at 9:30 pm this Friday (19) from the Alcântara Launch Center (CLA), in Maranhão (MA)
It wasn’t this Friday (19) that . This is because the operation was postponed for the third time in a row. In a note, the FAB (Brazilian Air Force) stated that he must define with Innospace and AEB (Brazilian Space Agency) when a new attempt will be made within the launch window, which extends until next Monday (22).
The launch was scheduled to take place at 9:30 pm this Friday (19) from the Alcântara Launch Center (CLA), in Maranhão (MA). Before that, there were two other dates. Today, at 3:34 pm, and Wednesday (17), at 3:45 pm.
The HANBIT-Nano rocket, from the South Korean company Innospace, marks Brazil’s entry into the global space launch market. The mission, called Operation Spaceward, has around 400 professionals, including Brazilians and South Koreans.
HANBIT-Nano is 21.8 meters long, 1.4 meters in diameter, and weighs 20 tons, and aims to transport five satellites and three experimental devices to low Earth orbit. In 2023, Innospace launched, also from the Alcântara Launch Center, the first rocket, on an experimental basis.
