A SpaceX rocket launch deliberate for Tuesday afternoon at Vandenberg House Power Base was compelled to take a rain examine after a widespread energy outage scrubbed the liftoff, in response to an announcement from the Federal Aviation Administration.
The facility outage within the Santa Barbara area disrupted telecommunications on the Los Angeles Air Route Visitors Management Middle, making a “no-go situation for launch,” NASA stated in publish.
The management heart 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, in response to 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 aborted launch at the moment on account of airspace considerations.”
“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 because of the outage, the airport stated in an announcement. Flights have been diverted and delayed. Energy on the airport hadn’t been restored as of about 9:30 p.m. Tuesday, in response to a spokesperson, who stated that the bottom cease can be lifted as soon as energy was restored to the realm.
As well as, the outage disrupted 911 service all through Santa Barbara County, in response to KTLA.
As for the SpaceX launch, the rocket and its payloads have been nonetheless in fine condition, NASA stated.
Aboard the rocket have 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 should happen at House Launch Complicated 4 East at Vandenberg.
Final month, a SpaceX launch that took off from the identical location lit up the evening sky throughout Southern California.
