ORLANDO, Fla. _ Bad weather has again impeded SpaceX's plans to launch the fourth set of its Starlink internet satellites.
Strong upper level winds at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station forced SpaceX to stand down from a planned launch Monday morning. Elon Musk's rocket company called off the launch about 30 minutes prior to the planned lift off from launch complex 40.
A new launch time is now set for 9:28 a.m. Tuesday, when the weather is supposed to improve significantly to 80% "go" for launch.
Bad weather postponed the launch twice last week, when SpaceX chose to move its scheduled liftoff due to "extreme conditions" at the Atlantic Ocean spot where it lands its rocket boosters on drone ship "Of Course I Still Love You" after every launch.
The mission will send another batch of 60 satellites in a constellation SpaceX is calling Starlink. About 180 Starlink satellites have already gone up in less than a year, and the company plans to have more than 1,500 in low-Earth orbit by the end of 2020.
