SpaceX halted the launch of 23 Starlink broadband satellites in the final minute of the countdown on Sunday (Aug. 11).
A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 23 Starlink spacecraft was scheduled to lift off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Sunday, during a 3.5-hour window that opened at 7:21 a.m. EDT (1121 GMT).
SpaceX pushed the effort to the end of the window, then called off the effort with 46 seconds left on the countdown. The company did not immediately give a reason for the abortion, but Said by X The rocket is in good health and should go for another launch on Monday (Aug 12).
Falcon 9 will fly on Monday and if all goes according to plan, its first stage will return to Earth eight minutes after launch, touching down on the shortfall of Gravitas, a drone stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.
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