A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket aborts its launch during engine ignition during a Starlink satellite launch from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida on June 15, 2024.A SpaceX rocket suffered a last-second abort during the attempted launch of 22 Starlink internet satellites from Florida on Friday afternoon . that has flown 15 times before, aborted its liftoff while igniting its nine first-stage engines at 5:07 p.m. EDT atop the Space Launch Complex 40 pad of Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
ABORT! @SpaceX aborts launch of 22 Starlink satellites at the last second at Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. pic.twitter.com/r7ebUJdw1FIt is unclear what caused the rare abort for a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, or when the company will attempt to launch itsmission again. Today's launch attempt had a four-hour window and a similar window is available on Saturday starting at 4:07 p.m. EDT .
Whether or not SpaceX attempts a Saturday launch will likely depend on the the nature of the glitch that caused Friday's abort and how fast it can be addressed. Bad weather delayed two previous attempts to launch the Starlink flight, first on June 12 and then again on June 13.Contact me with news and offers from other Future brandsThe upcoming launch will mark SpaceX's 60th rocket launch of 2024 and the 16th flight for this particular Falcon 9 first-stage.
Ten of the booster's previous missions carried batches of Starlink satellites into orbit as part of SpaceX's project to build a megaconstellation network that can deliver high-speed internet access anywhere on Earth. That constellation currently consists ofOf its nearly 60 missions so far this year, 45 of the SpaceX launches were dedicated to Starlink satellite launches. The company has averaged a rocket launch every 2.7 days so far this year.
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