SpaceX Scrubs Falcon 9's DSCOVR Launch (Again) Due to Winds
BY ALAN BOYLE
SpaceX postponed the launch of its Falcon 9 rocket with the Deep Space Climate Observatory once more on Tuesday, due to unacceptable upper-level winds.
The rocket was geared up to send the observatory, also known as DSCOVR, on its trek to a vantage point a million miles from Earth — and then make a second try to land the rocket's first stage on an oceangoing platform.
But with 13 minutes left on the countdown clock, the upper-level winds were judged to be too high for the rocket to handle.
Even before the launch was postponed, SpaceX founder Elon Musk expressed concern about Tuesday's conditions. "Extreme wind shear over Cape Canaveral," Musk said in a tweet. "Feels like a sledgehammer when supersonic in the vertical. Hoping it changes..."
SpaceX Scrubs Falcon 9's DSCOVR Launch (Again) Due to Winds - NBC News
Rescheduled to Wednesday 11.03 pm gmt