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coverage of the launch can be seen on Space Coast Daily TV

ABOVE VIDEO: SpaceX Falcon Heavy Rocket to Launch X-37B Spaceplane from Kennedy Space Center Tonight at 8:14 p.m. ET

BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA SpaceX announced it was standing down from tonights Falcon Heavy launch due to a ground side issue; vehicle and payload remain healthy.

The team is resetting for the next launch opportunity of the USSF-52 mission, which is no earlier than tomorrow night.

The launch is targeted for 8:14 p.m. ET.

The Falcon Heavy will launch the experimental X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle on this mission. This is the seventh flight of this spacecraft on a mission also known as OTV-7.

This will be the first launch of an X-37B using a Falcon Heavy rocket.

The spaceplane is an orbital test platform for different test and experimentation missions, some of which are classified. Since its first launch in 2010, X-37B has spent 3,774 days in space through six missions. This seventh mission, known as OTV-7 and designated USSF-52, will fly unclassified and classified experiments.

A NASA experiment called Seeds-2 will expose plant seeds to radiation during a long-duration spaceflight. A previous version of the experiment flew on X-37Bs last mission for more than 900 days.

Coverage of the launch can be seen on Space Coast Daily TV.

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