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SpaceX postpones Starlink satellite mission again, this time due to tech issues

Next attempt date for launch is pending

SpaceX Starlink launch scrubbed Thursday

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla.Update (8:24 a.m.): SpaceX called off its Falcon 9 launch of 60 Starlink satellites on Thursday morning due to technical issues.

A new date for the launch has yet to be announced.

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SpaceX cited “an out of family ground system sensor reading” as the reasoning to halt the launch. It was scrubbed within 20 seconds of liftoff.

Original: SpaceX will hold its next Falcon 9 launch of 60 Starlink satellites on Thursday morning.

Liftoff is slated for 8:17 a.m. from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. See the liftoff in a livestream that will be placed in this article.

Delays and cancellations, however, are possible. If there is not a livestream available, check back at a later time.

According to SpaceX, the satellites will deploy a little more than an hour after liftoff.

The goal of Starlink is to deliver high-speed internet to places where access has been typically hard to attain in the U.S. and Canada.

“With performance that far surpasses that of traditional satellite internet, and a global network unbounded by ground infrastructure limitations, Starlink will deliver high speed broadband internet to locations where access has been unreliable, expensive, or completely unavailable,” Starlink’s website states.


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