Falcon 9 suffers launch abort Oct 2 2020

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Update: SpaceX Falcon 9 suffers launch abort during GPS satellite launch - rescheduled for Oct 5 Monday
SpaceX postpones launch of Starlink satellites
Crews will attempt to launch again on Monday

Update for 9:57 p.m. EDT, Oct. 2: The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the GPS III SV04 navigation satellite for the U.S. Space Force suffered an abort just two seconds before tonight's liftoff. A new launch date will be determined once the cause of the abort is identified and addressed.

also aborted: 

ULA has yet to set a new launch date for the Delta IV Heavy rocket with a national security payload. An attempt late Wednesday was scrubbed about 7 seconds before liftoff.

Continued from SpaceX:
Following the trend of the week, SpaceX’s launch of 60 Starlink satellites did not roar up into space as planned.

The launch was scheduled to go up Saturday morning but was postponed.

According to Spaceflight Now, SpaceX will try to launch again on Monday at 7:51 a.m.

No official cause for the postponed launch has been provided by SpaceX.

SpaceX is taking recycling to a whole new level, using parts that were used in previous missions. Half of the rocket’s nosecone is recycled hardware. One of Falcon 9′s fairing halves was used during two previous Starlink launches, according to SpaceX.

The rocket booster for this mission has launched twice before, including this summer when SpaceX launched Dragon Endeavour with astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley to the International Space Station, marking the first human spaceflight from Florida since 2011.

Again, after launch, the company plans to recover the rocket booster on a droneship at sea.

This launch will send the Starlink satellite constellation near 800 spacecraft in low-Earth orbit. Eventually, the company plans to have a fleet comprised of more than 40,000 satellites providing internet to even remote areas of the world.

Some of the first to benefit from the internet service has been first responders in areas impacted by wildfires in Washington state. SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said in a tweet the company is prioritizing emergency responders and locations with no Internet connectivity" for its first customers.

Launch times and dates are always subject to change and this week has been no exception. SpaceX and its competitor United Launch Alliance have both scrubbed multiple rocket launches for technical and weather issues this week.


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