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SpaceX scraps satellite launching from Kennedy Space Center

The satellites were supposed to launch into low-Earth Orbit just before 11 a.m. before it was called off.
Credit: Space X
Screen capture from video of liftoff of Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Space X scrapped its Sunday morning launch of Starlink satellites from the Kennedy Space Center. 

The 23 satellites were supposed to head to low-Earth orbit with liftoff targeted for 10:49 a.m., but the launch was canceled at 11 a.m. after a brief countdown hold. This would have been the second launch this weekend after a Falcon 9 rocket launched on Saturday morning. 

After the rocket soars through the sky, its first-stage booster will land on a SpaceX drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean. According to the SpaceX website, additional launch opportunities will be available Monday starting at 6:37 a.m. 

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