The mission was aborted with less than a minute left before liftoff.
that the launch has been rescheduled for tomorrow at 1:39 p.m. EDT . The company has not offered any details about the cause of the abort.SpaceX's Starlink satellites will help improve space weather forecasts amid sun's unpredictable activity
"There are a thousand ways a launch can go wrong, and only one way that it can go right," SpaceX quality systems engineering manager Kate Tice said during live launch commentary."Given that, we are overly cautious on the ground, and if the team or the vehicle sees anything that looks even slightly off, they will stop the countdown as we saw today.
It was a gray day at the company's California launch site; the broadcast showed a launchpad covered in fog that completely obscured the rocket as rain dotted the camera lens.You can watch Friday's launch attempt, including the Falcon 9's first stage landing attempt on the SpaceX"Of Course I Still Love You" droneship in the Pacific Ocean, here at Space.com or directly onchannel.
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