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Ground sensor reading scrubs Falcon 9 launch with Starlink satellites – Spaceflight Now

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Sixty flat-packed Starlink broadband satellites were aboard the Falcon 9 rocket for Thursday morning’s launch attempt. Credit: SpaceX
An unexpected reading from a ground sensor prompted SpaceX to scrub the planned launch of a Falcon 9 rocket Thursday with 60 more Starlink broadband satellites.
It was the second last-minute abort of a rocket launch on Florida’s Space Coast in less than 10 hours, following a hold Wednesday night just before engines ignited on a United Launch Alliance Delta 4-Hea…

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