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SpaceX’s attempt to launch a record 143 satellites on a single Falcon 9 rocket was halted on Saturday due to poor weather conditions.
“Due to adverse weather conditions, we are withdrawing from today’s launch,” the Elon Musk-owned company said in a tweet.
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“Another launch attempt is available tomorrow, January 24 with a 22-minute window opening at 10:00 a.m. EST,” SpaceX wrote.
According to Ars Technica, the weather “violated the electric field rule for a safe launch”.
SpaceX was scheduled to launch from the Cape Canaveral Space Station in Florida on Saturday morning at around 9:40 a.m. ET.
The launch will be the fifth flight of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 first-stage booster, but the team’s first mission in a ride-sharing program, carrying 10 Starlink Internet satellites and 133 other small satellites.
In its carpooling program, SpaceX allows small satellite operators to reserve a fraction of the payload on a Falcon 9 launch.
SpaceX production supervisor Andy Tran said the mission would break the record for most satellites deployed from a single rocket.
Tech Crunch reported on Saturday that the previous record came from the launch of the Indian Space Research Organization’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle-C37 in February 2017.
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SpaceX has seen some success over the past year, including the flawless launch of the company’s very first crewed launch to the International Space Station.
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