BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. — A Falcon 9 rocket is still on the pad Friday afternoon after SpaceX scrubbed a planned overnight launch.
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The countdown went down to the last few seconds at 12:40 a.m. Friday.
SpaceX did not say why it stopped the countdown.
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The rocket launch is now planned for 12:15 a.m. Saturday.
The rocket will be used to send another 54 Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit.
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The first stage booster will return to Earth and attempt to land on SpaceX’s drone ship off the Brevard County coast.
Channel 9 will monitor the planned launch and will provide updates on Eyewitness News.
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