Travel Bans Delay SpaceX Launch For Argentina

Irene Klotz March 24, 2020
Saocom 1A launch aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 in October 2018 from Vandenberg AFB.
Credit: SpaceX
CAPE CANAVERAL—The launch of Argentina’s Earth-observation Saocom 1B satellite, scheduled for late March aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, has been postponed due to travel restrictions imposed to combat COVID-19. “This decision has been made considering the restrictions imposed by the COVID-19...
Irene Klotz

Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.

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