⁍ SpaceX Chief Executive Elon Musk said he will visit his space company’s Florida rocket facilities this week to investigate the cause of recent launch aborts and delays.
⁍ The space company last week halted two back-to-back Falcon 9 missions over technical issues detected less than 30 seconds before planned liftoff.
⁍ Rocket enthusiasts on Twitter have coined the spate of launch delays ‘Scrubtoberfest’ as SpaceX and ULA, the top two U.S. space launch companies, scramble to get their rockets back on schedule.
– Bad weather has forced SpaceX to postpone another launch of a Falcon 9 rocket, this time for a GPS satellite, the AP reports. The rocket was supposed to blast off from Cape Canaveral early Saturday, but the launch was called off two seconds before liftoff because of technical problems. “We’re doing a broad review of launch site, propulsion, structures, avionics, range & regulatory constraints this weekend,” SpaceX CEO Elon Musk tweeted. “I will also be at the Cape next week to review hardware in person.” The postponement is the latest in a string of problems for SpaceX, which is trying to get its workhorse rocket back on track after a series of last-second aborts, Reuters reports.
Source: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-space-exploration-spacex-scrubs/musk-to-visit-spacex-launchpad-after-mission-aborts-delays-idUSKBN26Q2EI