T-minus 16 minutes left on the countdown clock as liquid oxygen is loading into the Falcon 9’s second stage, SpaceX has called for a scrub on tonight’s launch of Falcon 9 with 60 Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral.
SpaceX’s launch director announced the scrub with approximately 13 minutes remaining in the countdown. Tonight’s launch window extended until 12 a.m. EDT (Thursday 12 p.m. GMT+8), but opportunity to hold the countdown and wait for improved conditions are limited once fueling of the Falcon 9 begins.
However, the teams are working toward tomorrow’s backup launch window, which opens at 10:30 p.m. EDT (Friday 10:30 a.m. GMT+8).