Five, four, three...abort! Planned rocket launch on the Central Coast scrubbed at the last minute

KCLU | By Lance Orozco

Published March 30, 2023 at 8:32 AM PDT

A planned rocket launch from the Central Coast Thursday morning was scrubbed at the last moment.

Rocket, payload reported to be intact. Next launch window is Friday morning.

A rocket launch planned for the Central Coast Thursday morning was aborted at the last moment.

SpaceX was set to launch a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base at 7:29 a.m., carrying 10 military satellites. But, a computer pulled the plug just three seconds before liftoff, triggering an auto abort.

The rocket and payload are reported to be okay. SpaceX officials say the next launch window is at 7:29 a.m. Friday.

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Lance Orozco

Lance Orozco has been News Director of KCLU since 2001, providing award-winning coverage of some of the biggest news events in the region, including the Thomas and Woolsey brush fires, the deadly Montecito debris flow, the Borderline Bar and Grill attack, and Ronald Reagan's funeral.

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