SpaceX called off the launch of a new fleet of Starlink internet satellites from a California pad early Wednesday (April 26) due to landing concerns with the mission's Falcon 9 rocket.
The Falcon 9 rocket, which is carrying 46 Starlink satellites, was scheduled to lift off from California's Vandenberg Space Force Base at 9:40 a.m. EDT (1340 GMT; 6:40 a.m. local California time), but the attempt was aborted with T-16 seconds to go.
"Scrub was due to probability of landing failure," a SpaceX official said during live commentary, after the countdown was halted. The launch has been delayed to Thursday (April 27) for the same launch time, SpaceX officials confirmed, and follows an earlier delay from an April 25 target. You can watch the Starlink launch live online, courtesy of SpaceX, beginning about 15 minutes before liftoff.
