Posted on 02/28/2016 7:42:25 PM PST by BenLurkin
SpaceX aborted the launch of a commercial communications satellite less than a second before liftoff this evening (Feb. 28), delaying the mission yet again.
SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket was scheduled to launch the SES-9 satellite from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida at 6:46 p.m. EST (2346 GMT) today, but that initial liftoff time was pushed back 35 minutes because a boat wandered into the mission's "keep-out zone," launch controllers said. At 7:21 p.m. EST (0021 GMT on Monday, Feb. 29), the Falcon 9's engines began firing up, but they shut down just as the countdown clock was reaching 0. .
The rocket may have been able to blast off today if not for the stray boat, SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk suggested.
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I watched live. Foiled again. Hopefully they’ll get it launched soon.
And Ted Cruz just showed up to blame the “failure to launch” on Donald Trump...
LOL!
...initial liftoff time was pushed back 35 minutes because a boat wandered into the mission's "keep-out zone," launch controllers said. At 7:21 p.m. EST (0021 GMT on Monday, Feb. 29), the Falcon 9's engines began firing up, but they shut down just as the countdown clock was reaching 0.
Well, that’s MUCH better than having to do so a few seconds after liftoff. Good luck to them next time.
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