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Ohhhhkay...Launch of Northrup Grumman's Antares rocket with 8,000 pounds of supplies for the Space Station is still on track for a 9:38 pm Eastern liftoff from Wallops Island, Virginia. It will be carried live on NASA TV starting about 30 minutes prior.

Hoo boy... Scrubathon continued last night when the Antares launch aborted about two minutes from liftoff.

So, here's an update to the update:

N-G's Antares from Wallops Island is rescheduled for tonight at 9:16 pm Eastern (NASA TV)

SpaceX's USAF GPS satellite from the Cape is set for half an hour later at 9:43 - 9:58 Eastern. (spacex.com and youtube)

Then, maybe, the SpaceX Starlink 12 launch Saturday morning, also from the Cape but a different pad, at 8:34 am Eastern.

The ULA's Delta 4 Heavy with a spysat hasn't been reset yet, because they'll have to do some equipment work first.

Thanks for the update. I'm glad they rescheduled Wallops Island. Last night it was way too cloudy to see it. It's about 125 miles as the crow flies, but I can see it when it get's over the horizon and flies away from me. It's pretty cool. We'll have crystal clear skies tonight. That lift off will happen about an hour after I get home from bow hunting.

NASA TV is live with the countdown for the Wallops Island launch HERE

That's one off successfully! Cargo on the way to the ISS.

We switch now to Pad 40 on Cape Canaveral, where SpaceX will try to launch a new GPS satellite for the USAF. Liftoff window opens at 9:43 pm Eastern. Watch it HERE starting now.

Well, the scrub monster reared his ugly head yet again. Launch abort at T-2 seconds. There's a backup window tomorrow. Waiting word to see what happened and when/if they can reschedule.

They had already slipped their Starlink launch to Monday, so this delay may affect that one, also. We'll see.