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SpaceX again delays the launch of the Italian satellite, this time due to a capricious ship

SpaceX once again had to delay the launch of an Italian Earth observation satellite, but this time Mother Nature was not responsible.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 . rocket It was ready to launch the Cosmo-SkyMed second generation satellite (CSG-2) from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Sunday, Jan. 30 at 6:11 p.m. EDT (2311 GMT). But a cruise ship cruised into the “exclusion zone” below Cape Canaveral, and the ship could not be moved in time for the Falcon 9 to reach its window.

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