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Brett Tingley

MYSTERIOUS: Spacex scrubs starlink satellite launch due to apparent rocket helium leak - You Need To See This

A white rocket sits upright on a launch pad venting vapor in the sunlight.

SpaceX scrubbed a launch of its Starlink satellites this weekend due to an issue with one of its rockets.

The company was scheduled to launch a Falcon 9 rocket containing 23 of its Starlink satellites on Sunday (Nov. 3) from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, but SpaceX held the countdown at two minutes and 36 seconds due to what appears to be a helium leak. 

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