- A SpaceX launch was called off after an automatic rocket abort on Sunday.
- The launch countdown had already finished, and the announcement of liftoff came before it was clear that the rocket wasn’t going anywhere.
- SpaceX will reschedule the launch, which included 60 of the company’s Starlink satellites, for a later date.
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SpaceX was forced to call off the planned launch of its next Starlink satellite deployment yesterday after an automatic abort was triggered by an automated rocket system. A launch delay isn’t exactly rare, and SpaceX has had to delay countless missions due to weather and other issues that pop up out of nowhere, but this one reared its ugly head at the last possible second.
In fact, the abort was called so late in the launch sequence that the countdown ended and “liftoff!” was announced. The rocket, however, remained on the launch pad, and the announcement of the abort came shortly thereafter.
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