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The first unmanned launch of the Dragon-2 spacecraft, developed by the US manufacturer SpaceX, has been postponed to the end of January, a source in the Russian space industry told Sputnik on Friday.

MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 28th December, 2018) The first unmanned launch of the Dragon-2 spacecraft, developed by the US manufacturer SpaceX, has been postponed to the end of January, a source in the Russian space industry told Sputnik on Friday.

"The US side has informed us on the delay of the first launch of Dragon-2, which was expected to lift off for the ISS [International Space Station] in the unmanned mode on January 17, to the end of the month," the source said without specifying the reason for the delay.

After the unmanned flight, the spacecraft is expected to take the manned NASA mission to the ISS in June 2019.