Posted on 10/01/2020 9:30:01 AM PDT by BenLurkin
The rocket was set to blast off from Cape Canaveral with a U.S. government spy satellite at 11:54 p.m. EDT Wednesday (0354 GMT Thursday), but the countdown stopped at T-minus 7 seconds. ULA said the automated countdown sequencer controlling the rocket in the final moments before liftoff detected an “unexpected condition prior to the engine start sequence.”
“The team is currently reviewing all data and will determine the path forward,” ULA said in a statement
It was the second abort for the Delta 4-Heavy rocket in the final 10 seconds of a countdown. A launch attempt Aug. 29 was halted at T-minus 3 seconds, after ignition of one of the rocket’s three RS-68A main engines.
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Prior to engine start sequence? It sure looks like the engines were in the process of ignition.
The last time this happened somebody posted that the flames were from some kind of burn off of vapors prior to engine start Or something.
Bad day for launches. Spacex also aborted a launch this morning in the final minutes. Frustrating.
ULA is not SpaceX!!!
Thanks!
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