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SpaceX Falcon 9 launch scrubbed, targeting Monday morning for new launch date

By Nikki DeMarco, WFTV.com
By Nikki DeMarco, WFTV.com

BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. — After being postponed four times due to weather and equipment issues, SpaceX was set to launch 60 more Starlink satellites Saturday morning before liftoff was cancelled again before launch.

Liftoff for the Falcon 9 launch was scheduled for 8:28 a.m. Saturday. The launch was aborted and SpaceX is targeting Monday morning for a new launch window.

Its previously scheduled launch on Thursday was scrubbed seconds before liftoff due to what SpaceX called a “out of family ground system sensor reading.”

READ: ULA Delta IV Heavy rocket launch scrubbed seconds before lift-off

We are also still waiting on a new launch date for the Delta IV Heavy rocket carrying the NROL-44 mission for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), which was scrubbed Wednesday night.

Read: SpaceX scrubs launch of GPS satellite for US Space Force from Cape Canaveral

We will continue to monitor any changes and provide you with the latest on Channel 9 Eyewitness News, wftv.com and on our news app.

See the moment the launch was scrubbed below:

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WATCH LIVE: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launching from Kennedy Space Center

WATCH LIVE: After being postponed three times due to weather, SpaceX is set to try again to launch 60 more Starlink satellites into space. Liftoff is scheduled for 9:17 a.m. Read: at.wftv.com/3cLivDk

Posted by WFTV Channel 9 on Thursday, October 1, 2020

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