The SpaceX satellite carrier mission called Transporter-2 was called off on Tuesday after an aircraft entered the “keep out zone” around the time of its launch, according to a tweet from the company’s boss Elon Musk.
“Unfortunately, launch is called off for today, as an aircraft entered the “keep out zone”, which is unreasonably gigantic”, Musk wrote on Twitter further emphasising the need for a “regulatory reform” saying that the current system was broken.
The mission was cancelled with just 11 seconds remaining on the clock for the aircraft’s scheduled liftoff, according to reports from CNET. However, the launch window for Tuesday’s mission was planned to be 58-minutes-long.
The mission, which will be carried out using SpaceX‘s renowned Falcon 9 rocket, will carry 88 small satellites into space and then make its way back to earth in order to land in Florida and complete the round trip.
The payload of the Falcon 9 rocket has been filled with space deliverables from three separate sources. 85 items of the payload are from government and commercial sources, while Space X has loaded three of its own Starlink broadband satellites.
The launch of the aircraft was scheduled from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station from launch complex 40. Even though Tuesday’s lift-off was called off, the launch site would likely remain the same for a follow-up.