A veteran SpaceX rocket poised to make its 14th flight aborted a launch try on Thursday (Oct. 6) with lower than one minute earlier than liftoff.
The Falcon 9 rocket was slated to launch two communications payloads for Intelsat, the Galaxy 33 and Galaxy 34 satellites, when it initiated an computerized abort simply 30 seconds earlier than a deliberate liftoff from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 7:20 p.m. EDT (2320 GMT). SpaceX mentioned it’ll make a second try to launch the mission on Friday (Oct. 7) at 7:06 p.m. EDT (2306 GMT). You can watch the SpaceX launch live online, courtesy of SpaceX, beginning about quarter-hour earlier than liftoff.
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SpaceX CEO Elon Musk mentioned the automated abort was triggered by a slight helium leak on the rocket.
“Tiny helium leak (simply barely triggered abort), however we take no dangers with buyer satellites,” Musk wrote on Twitter (opens in new tab) after the abort. “Standing down to research.”
SpaceX reported each Galaxy satellites are advantageous and ready for a brand new launch attempt.
“Rocket and payload are in good well being—groups are working towards tomorrow’s 69-minute launch window opening at 7:06 p.m. ET,” the corporate wrote (opens in new tab) on Twitter.
The upcoming SpaceX mission will mark the corporate’s third launch in three days. SpaceX launched four astronauts to the Worldwide Area Station from NASA’s Kennedy Area Heart in Florida on Wednesday (Oct. 5) and adopted that up hours later with the launch of 52 satellites from California’s Vandenberg Area Power Base on the identical day.
The Crew-5 astronaut launch, which included the primary Russian cosmonaut to fly on a Dragon capsule, arrived at the station Thursday afternoon.
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