CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla — With 11 seconds sitting on the clock, SpaceX was forced to delay its Transporter-2 launch from Florida after aircraft entered the "keep out zone."
The accidental entry into an "unreasonably gigantic" cleared air space pumped the brakes on a multi-million dollar launch effort for the commercial space company.
"There is simply no way that humanity can become a spacefaring civilization without major regulatory reform. The current regulatory system is broken," Musk tweeted.
While today ended up being a no-go, tomorrow is a new day for SpaceX.
The Transporter-2 rideshare mission is set to launch 88 small satellites atop a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral's pad 40.
Liftoff will mark the second dedicated rideshare mission for the commercial space company to deliver the satellites into Sun-Synchronous orbit.
Unlike other SpaceX launches, the Transporter-2 mission will not see the rocket's first stage autonomously land on a droneship. Instead, it will reenter the Earth's atmosphere and land at Landing Zone-1.
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