Postponing the launch of the explorer “Rashid” to Thursday. “SpaceX” is conducting additional checks

The Mohammed bin Rashid Space Center announced that the launch of the explorer “Rashid”, the first Emirati mission to the surface of the moon, has been postponed until tomorrow, Thursday, December 1, 2022, at 12:37 noon, state time, 3:37 am EST. USA, from Complex No. 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Base in Florida, USA

iSpace, the company responsible for the Hector-R lander, which carries the explorer to the moon, announced on its Twitter page that delaying the launch of the mission would allow SpaceX to conduct additional checks on the launch vehicle.

And it was scheduled to launch the first Emirati mission to the surface of the moon, Wednesday, at 12:39 pm Emirates time, where in the early morning hours, Wednesday, the explorer was placed on the launch platform inside the “Haktor-I” lander installed on the “SpaceX Falcon” rocket. 9”, in preparation for the countdown to launch.