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[b]Launch Attempt Scrubbed Due to Weather[/b] SpaceX scrubbed its first launch attempt of the Demo-2 test flight due to unfavorable weather conditions around Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The constraints in violation included: [list][*]Do not launch within 10 nautical miles of the edge of a thunderstorm that is producing lightning within 30 minutes after the last lightning is observed. [*]Do not launch for 15 minutes if field mill instrument readings within five nautical miles of the launch pad exceed +/- 1,500 volts per meter, or +/- 1,000 volts per meter if specified criteria can be met. [*]Do not launch within 10 nautical miles of an attached thunderstorm anvil cloud, unless temperature and time-associated distance criteria can be met.[/list] "We could see some raindrops on the windows and just figured whatever it was was too close to the launchpad at a time we needed it not to be," said Doug Hurley after the scrub. "So we appreciate that and understand everybody is a little bit bummed out. It is just part of the deal. Everybody was ready today and we appreciate that. and the ship looked great and we'll do it again, I think on Saturday." The next attempt will be at 3:22 p.m. EDT on Saturday (May 30).
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