Nov. 9 (UPI) -- Blue Origin scrubbed its launch of the New Glenn rocket into low-Earth orbit Sunday, with a pair of Mars-bound satellites on board, because of bad weather rolling through the area.
The launch of the company's second New Glenn rocket into low-Earth orbit from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida was scrubbed minutes before liftoff after two holds.
The scheduled launch was pushed back several times as the weather shifted for several hours prior to liftoff.
The launch window, which opened at 2:45 p.m. EDT on Sunday, officially closed at 4:13 p.m. EST. The company had pushed liftoff back to 4:12:30 p.m. until a giant bank of cumulus clouds formed in the rocket's flight path and forced engineers to scrub the mission.
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