US SpaceX canceled space rocket launch less than a minute before launch

SpaceX aborted the launch of a Falcon 9 rocket carrying a payload of Starlink internet satellites in less than

minute before launch, reports Space.com. Discuss

Only 46 minutes left before the launch of the Falcon 9 rocketseconds when controllers announced the cancellation of the launch. The rocket, which has already flown three times, was scheduled to launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The rocket carries 46 Starlink Internet satellites, and it would be SpaceX's 32nd of 22 planned launches.

Following the launch abort, SpaceX announced that the launch has been pushed back to today. The company did not provide any details about the reasons for the launch interruption.

"There are a thousand ways a launch can go wrong, and only one way it can go right,", – said SpaceX quality systems engineering manager Kate Tice.