SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket Launch From Kennedy Space Center Scrubbed, Launch Set For Sunday At 9:38 a.m.

By Space Coast Daily // February 19, 2017

launch window opens at 10:01 a.m. ET

WATCH LIVE: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launch from Kennedy Space Center was scrubbed Saturday morning with 13 seconds left in the countdown due to an ‘engine nozzle issue.’

BREVARD COUNTY • KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLORIDA — SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launch from Kennedy Space Center was scrubbed Saturday morning with 13 seconds left in the countdown due to an ‘engine nozzle issue.’

Next earliest launch is Sunday at 9:38 a.m. ET.

The flight is being conducted under the Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA.

Launch Pad 39A is the former Saturn V and space shuttle pad, and this will be the first SpaceX’s launch from this historic site.

SpaceX is using the KSC launch pad because a fiery explosion destroyed a Falcon 9 rocket on the pad during a static test firing on Sept. 1, 2016 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Sation’s Space Launch Complex 40, which is still undergoing repairs.

Standing down to take a closer look at positioning of the second stage engine nozzle. 9:38am ET tomorrow is next earliest launch opportunity

— SpaceX (@SpaceX) February 18, 2017

1 hour from launch of Falcon 9 & Dragon to @Space_Station. Rocket & weather are go. Launch at 10:01am ET, 15:01 UTC pic.twitter.com/9U3kiikA2H

— SpaceX (@SpaceX) February 18, 2017

On January 14, SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base, marking the company’s return-to-first after the Sept. 1 explosion.

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