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SpaceX launch cancelled minutes before lift-off due to bad weather

SpaceX has been forced to cancel its latest launch due to adverse weather conditions.

The private space firm scrubbed the lift off of its Falcon 9 rocket just minutes before its scheduled launch time, as rain clouds passed over the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida.

A new launch time is yet to be confirmed.

"Standing down from today’s mission due to weather; proceeding through the countdown until T-1 minute for data collection," the firm tweeted. "Will announce a new target launch date once confirmed on the Range."

The mission was set to deliver a batch of 57 Starlink satellites into orbit as part of Elon Musk's plan to beam high-speed internet down to Earth.

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