{"id":372895,"date":"2017-11-12T09:24:09","date_gmt":"2017-11-12T09:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=372895"},"modified":"2017-11-12T09:24:09","modified_gmt":"2017-11-12T09:24:09","slug":"us-rocket-launch-aborted-after-small-plane-enters-airspace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/11\/us-rocket-launch-aborted-after-small-plane-enters-airspace\/","title":{"rendered":"US rocket launch aborted after small plane enters airspace"},"content":{"rendered":"
A rocket launch in Virginia was aborted at the last moment when a small aircraft flew into restricted airspace.<\/p>\n
The unmanned cargo ship was about to be launched en route to the International Space Station (ISS) when mission control called “abort, abort, abort!”.<\/p>\n
They had spotted a small aircraft flying in restricted airspace at 500ft (150m) near Wallops Island.<\/p>\n
The launch will be attempted again on Sunday morning at 07:14 EST (12:14 GMT).<\/p>\n
The cargo ship was filled with 7,400 lbs (3,356 kg) of food, supplies, equipment and science experiments for the ISS.<\/p>\n
Orbital ATK, which has a $1.9bn (\u00a31.4bn) contract with Nasa to resupply the space station, was sharing live updates before the launch. At first, the preparations were going smoothly.<\/p>\n