A SpaceX rocket launch deliberate for Tuesday afternoon at Vandenberg House Power Base was compelled to take a rain test after a widespread energy outage scrubbed the liftoff, based on a press release from the Federal Aviation Administration.
The ability outage within the Santa Barbara area disrupted telecommunications on the Los Angeles Air Route Site visitors Management Middle, making a “no-go situation for launch,” NASA stated in put up.
The management middle manages air visitors over 177,000 sq. miles of airspace together with California’s coast from L.A. to San Luis Obispo, the Ventura space and into the Pacific for about 200 miles, based on the FAA.
The choice got here simply 45 seconds earlier than the rocket was set to launch, with a SpaceX official calling, “Maintain, maintain, maintain. … We’ve got aborted launch immediately because of airspace issues.”
“The FAA took this motion to make sure the security of the touring public,” the administration stated.
The FAA additionally issued a floor cease on the Santa Barbara Airport on Tuesday as a result of outage, the airport stated in a press release. Flights had been diverted and delayed. Energy on the airport hadn’t been restored as of about 9:30 p.m. Tuesday, based on a spokesperson, who stated that the bottom cease could be lifted as soon as energy was restored to the world.
As well as, the outage disrupted 911 service all through Santa Barbara County, based on KTLA.
As for the SpaceX launch, the rocket and its payloads had been nonetheless in good condition, NASA stated.
Aboard the rocket had been two twin satellites, part of NASA’s TRACERS mission — Tandem Reconnection and Cusp Electrodynamics Reconnaissance Satellites.
The 2 satellites will examine Earth’s magnetosphere by figuring out how magnetic explosions ship photo voltaic wind particles into Earth’s environment, and the way these particles have an effect on house expertise and astronauts.
The launch was rescheduled to Wednesday at 11:13 a.m., NASA stated. It would happen at House Launch Complicated 4 East at Vandenberg.
Final month, a SpaceX launch from the identical location lighted up the evening sky throughout Southern California.
