SpaceX closed its latest mission for just 33 seconds from the launch on Sunday evening.
However, it was not due to an issue with SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket. Instead, the team saw a cruise liner in the so -called “Hazard Area” near the Cape Canvart, Florida.
“Hold, Hold, Hold,” Mission Control called the SpaceX rocket out half a minute before carrying a cosmo-cytimed second generation 2 Earth-Early Satellite for the Italian Space Agency. After abortion, an operative confirmed that “there was a ship in the dangerous area.”
The anchor of the Livestream then explained that a vessel was “seen making his way towards the no-go zone that the Coast Guard was unable to exclude time for T-zero,” saying that both the rocket and the payload were still “healthy.”
The video below shows the moment when the mission was canceled.
It is not clear that SpaceX was not already aware of the movements of the ship, although the company could give more information about hiccups later this evening.
Next launch opportunity – assuming that no cruise liner is found on the way – is on ET on Monday, January 31 at 6:11 pm. For more information about how to view the launch of the launch, watch this page.
The mission has already faced all three delays due to bad weather conditions around the launch site.
Cosmo-Skymed Second Generation 2 Satellite Mission will be the fourth orbital launch of SpaceX in a year, expected to be the most busy with a plan of about 40 missions so far.
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