Attempts to launch a record 143 satellites on SpaceX’s single Falcon 9 rocket stalled on Saturday due to poor weather conditions.
The company, which is owned by Elon Musk, said in a tweet, “Because of the unfavorable environment, we are standing down from today’s start.”
NASA’s component for ‘the world’s most powerful rocket’ is a failure.
“Another launch launch attempt will open tomorrow, January 24, at 10:00 AM with a 22-minute window,” SpaceX wrote.
According to Ars Technica, the weather has “violated electrical field regulations for safe projection.”
SpaceX was scheduled to launch from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida at about 9:40 a.m. Saturday.
This will be the fifth flight for SpaceX’s Falcon 9 first-stage booster, but the first mission of the team’s Rideshare program, which includes 10 Starlink Internet satellites and 133 other smaller satellites.
In its Rideshare program, SpaceX allows small satellite operators to book a fraction of the payload at the Falcon 9 launch.
Andy Tran, SpaceX’s construction supervisor, said the mission would break the record for most satellites deployed with a single rocket.
Tech Crunch reported on Saturday that the previous record was the launch of the Indian Space Research Organization’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle-C37 in February 2017.
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SpaceX has seen success in the past year, including the flawless launch of the company’s first crude launch on the International Space Station.
