SpaceX postpones Starlink satellite launch again, for 'about a week'

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A SpaceX launch already scrubbed once due to inclement weather was postponed aga...

FILE PHOTO: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket , is readied for launch on a supply mission to the International Space Station on historic launch pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S., February 17, 2017. REUTERS/Joe Skipper/File Photo

The delayed mission is designed to carry into low-Earth orbit an initial batch of 60 satellites for Musk’s new Starlink global internet service, a venture intended to generate cash for the rest of the billionaire entrepreneur’s space exploration ambitions.

 

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