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SpaceX delays launch of mini-satellites
SpaceX delayed the launch of a rocket due to take 57 mini-satellites into space as part of plan to build an orbiting, global broadband internet system.
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SpaceX's Falcon 9 ready for the second launch of 60 Starlink satellites from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on May 16, 2019. (Handout/SPACEX/AFP/File)
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paceX on Saturday delayed the launch of a rocket due to take 57 mini-satellites into space as part of plan to build an orbiting, global broadband internet system.
The company tweeted that it was postponing the 10th Starlink mission "to allow more time for checkouts." It said it was working to identify a new launch window.
Standing down from today's launch of the tenth Starlink mission to allow more time for checkouts; team is working to identify the next launch opportunity. Will announce a new target date once confirmed with the Range
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) July 11, 2020
The mission had been postponed before.
The Falcon 9 rocket taking the satellites was also due to have carried two satellites from BlackSky, a SpaceX customer.
Read also: 'No decision' on next launch attempt for historic SpaceX-NASA mission
Saturday's aborted flight would have been SpaceX's third Starlink satellite launch in less than two months.
Elon Musk's California-based company has so far received US authorization to launch 12,000 satellites in several different orbits, and it has applied to launch as many as 30,000 more.
SpaceX's goal is to control a huge share of the future internet market from space.
Several rivals have the same ambition, including London-based startup OneWeb and giant US retailer Amazon, whose Project Kuiper is far less advanced.
