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Mike Wall

SpaceX aborts launch of Falcon 9 rocket carrying OneWeb, Iridium satellites (update)

Update for 9:57 am ET: SpaceX aborted the launch of a Falcon 9 rocket carrying satellites for OneWeb and Iridium early Friday just under a minute before liftoff. The abort occurred 55 seconds before the planned launch.

"Standing down from today's launch of the Iridium OneWeb mission," SpaceX wrote in an update on Twitter.

The next launch attempt could occur on Saturday, May 20, at 9:15 a.m. EDT (1315 GMT).

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