ORLANDO, Fla. _ NASA and Boeing officials are looking into whether an incident that damaged an antenna on a next-generation satellite planned to launch Aug. 3 will change the mission's timeline.
The episode occurred Friday and was announced on the agency's website Saturday.
The Tracking Data Relay Satellite, known as TDRS-M, was scheduled to head into space on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on the Space Coast.
The accident happened during "final spacecraft closeout activities," according to the release.
United Launch Alliance and NASA officials did not immediately return emails requesting comment.
A 40-minute window for the launch of the TDRS-M satellite aboard ULA's Atlas V rocket is set to open at 9:02 a.m. Aug. 3. Officials aren't saying whether the incident will delay that launch.
"The mission team is developing a plan to assess flight acceptance and the schedule forward," the statement read.
