SpaceX Rocket Launch From Cape Canaveral Scrubbed Due To Helium Leak, Will Try Again Saturday Morning
By Space Coast Daily // May 3, 2019
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WATCH LIVE: The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launch from Cape Canaveral was scrubbed Friday morning due to helium leak, according to SpaceX.
BREVARD COUNTY • CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA – The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launch from Cape Canaveral was scrubbed Friday morning due to helium leak, according to SpaceX.
Officials say the team will try again early Saturday morning.
The launch window is set to open at 2:48 a.m. ET
The Cargo Dragon spacecraft to deliver the next shipment of supplies and equipment to the International Space Station.
This is the 17th SpaceX mission under NASA’s Commercial Resupply Services contract.
The Air Force’s 45th Weather Squadron said that launch day probability of violating weather constraints is 60 percent due to Cumulus and Thick Cloud Layer Rules and Flight Through Precipitation.
The Dragon spacecraft, which will deliver 5,500 pounds of cargo, is scheduled to arrive at the ISS early Sunday.
The first stage of the Falcon 9 rocket will attempt a vertical landing on the deck of an autonomous spaceport drone ship, which will be located off the coast approximately 12 miles. The rocket will then be transported to Port Canaveral and refurbished for a future flight.
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