The SpaceX booster, a workhorse Falcon 9 rocket that has flown 15 times before, aborted its liftoff while igniting its nine first-stage engines at 5:07 p.m. EDT (2107 GMT) atop the Space Launch Complex 40 pad of Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

The Falcon 9 rocket was unable to launch its Starlink 10-2 satellite payload due to a rare abort. The cause of the malfunction in the Falcon 9 first-stage booster, which has previously launched 15 times, remains unknown. A rocket launch typically involves three or four stages, as the mission to send a vehicle into space is a complex endeavor.

After the unusual 5:07 p.m. EDT Friday post-ignition scrub, SpaceX announced, "a new target launch date will be shared once available."