Launch of SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket scrubbed at last second
Source: UPI
July 3 (UPI) -- SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket didn't get off the launch pad at Cape Canaveral on Monday because something triggered an automatic abort just seconds away from lift-off, officials said.
The rocket, carrying the Intelsat 35e satellite, was set to blast off at 7:37 p.m. EDT Monday. Mission controllers received an extended launch window into the evening, but the window closed not long after the computer system issued the abort.
It wasn't immediately clear why the computer triggered the abort -- with 9 seconds until blast off.
SpaceX said the next lunch opportunity could be Tuesday, the Fourth of July.
Read more: http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2017/07/03/Launch-of-SpaceX-Falcon-9-rocket-scrubbed-at-last-second/2421499098090/
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