SpaceX is about to launch its Transporter-2 mission, carrying 88 spacecraft for organizations including @SpaceflightInc, @NASA, @iceyefi, @LoftOrbital, @hawkeye360, @capellaspace, @SwarmInternet, @SpireGlobal, @DARPA and more.

Livestream:
@SpaceflightInc @NASA @iceyefi @LoftOrbital @hawkeye360 @capellaspace @SwarmInternet @SpireGlobal @DARPA Transporter-2 represents SpaceX's:

–20th launch of 2021
–8th launch for this Falcon 9 rocket
–1st landing attempt on land this year (rather than a droneship)
@SpaceflightInc @NASA @iceyefi @LoftOrbital @hawkeye360 @capellaspace @SwarmInternet @SpireGlobal @DARPA The deployment process is scheduled to begin at T+00:57:50 after liftoff and end with three Starlink satellites deploying at T+01:27:35
@SpaceflightInc @NASA @iceyefi @LoftOrbital @hawkeye360 @capellaspace @SwarmInternet @SpireGlobal @DARPA Hold! Transporter-2 mission control says "range is no go," with the countdown holding at T-11 seconds.
@SpaceflightInc @NASA @iceyefi @LoftOrbital @hawkeye360 @capellaspace @SwarmInternet @SpireGlobal @DARPA SpaceX ends the webcast, saying today's mission is scrubbed: "There might have been an airplane in the area" that caused the range violation.
Musk adds more on why Transporter-2 scrubbed:

"An aircraft entered the 'keep out zone', which is unreasonably gigantic ... The current regulatory system is broken."

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