BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. — After being postponed four times due to weather and equipment issues, SpaceX was set to launch 60 more Starlink satellites Saturday morning before liftoff was cancelled again before launch.
Liftoff for the Falcon 9 launch was scheduled for 8:28 a.m. Saturday. The launch was aborted and SpaceX is targeting Monday morning for a new launch window.
🚀🚨 #SpaceX is now targeting Monday, October 5 between 7:46 - 7:57 a.m. ET for a Falcon 9 launch of 60 #Starlink satellites from Kennedy Space Center.
— Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex (@ExploreSpaceKSC) October 3, 2020
👀 Launch viewing opportunities are not available at the visitor complex.
📸: @SpaceX pic.twitter.com/5toJYH1xIQ
Its previously scheduled launch on Thursday was scrubbed seconds before liftoff due to what SpaceX called a “out of family ground system sensor reading.”
READ: ULA Delta IV Heavy rocket launch scrubbed seconds before lift-off
Standing down from today's Starlink mission due to an out of family ground system sensor reading; will announce a new target launch date once confirmed on the Range
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) October 1, 2020
We are also still waiting on a new launch date for the Delta IV Heavy rocket carrying the NROL-44 mission for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), which was scrubbed Wednesday night.
Read: SpaceX scrubs launch of GPS satellite for US Space Force from Cape Canaveral
We will continue to monitor any changes and provide you with the latest on Channel 9 Eyewitness News, wftv.com and on our news app.
See the moment the launch was scrubbed below:
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WATCH LIVE: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launching from Kennedy Space CenterWATCH LIVE: After being postponed three times due to weather, SpaceX is set to try again to launch 60 more Starlink satellites into space. Liftoff is scheduled for 9:17 a.m. Read: at.wftv.com/3cLivDk
Posted by WFTV Channel 9 on Thursday, October 1, 2020
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