This file handout photo released by SpaceX on May 16, 2019, shows Falcon 9 ready for the second launch of 60 Starlink satellites from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Florida.window.
The company tweeted that it was postponing the 10th Starlink mission “to allow more time for checkouts.” It said it was working to identify a new launch window.The Falcon 9 rocket taking the satellites was also due to have carried two satellites from BlackSky, a SpaceX customer. Saturday’s aborted flight would have been SpaceX’s third Starlink satellite launch in less than two months.
Elon Musk’s California-based company has so far received US authorization to launch 12,000 satellites in several different orbits, and it has applied to launch as many as 30,000 more.Several rivals have the same ambition, including London-based startup OneWeb and giant US retailer Amazon, whose Project Kuiper is far less advanced.
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