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SpaceX aborts launch of Falcon 9 rocket carrying Starlink satellites - Space.com

SpaceX aborts launch of Falcon 9 rocket carrying Starlink satellites - Space.com

SpaceX aborts launch of Falcon 9 rocket carrying Starlink satellites - Space.com
Mar 01, 2021 47 secs

A veteran SpaceX rocket suffered a launch abort just minutes before liftoff Sunday night (Feb. 28) while attempting to launch a new fleet of the company's Starlink internet satellites. .

The Falcon 9 rocket was less than 90 seconds away from launching 60 Starlink satellites into orbit from Pad 39A of NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida when it experienced the automatic abort, SpaceX said. .

You can watch the launch live here and on Space.com, beginning at about 8 p.m.

You can also watch the launch directly from SpaceX here. .

Sunday night's launch abort is the latest delay for this particular Starlink mission.

The mission, called Starlink 17, will now be SpaceX's 20th Starlink mission and the company's sixth launch of 2021.

The Falcon 9 rocket for Starlink 17 includes a first stage booster that has flown seven times so far.

SpaceX's current Block 5 Falcon 9 rockets are designed to fly up to 10 times as part of the company's reusability program to lower launch costs. .

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