On Wednesday, at the earliest, it will be able to take another shot.
Following the cancellation of the first crewed Starliner mission launch that was scheduled for yesterday, NASA, Boeing, and United Launch Alliance (ULA) have decided to wait a few days before attempting to fly another Starliner mission. After experiencing a string of setbacks, the Starliner rocket was supposed to finally take off on Saturday afternoon. However, this effort was canceled due to a problem that occurred at the very last minute with a ground computer system that is an essential component in the process of launching the rocket. Despite the fact that NASA and its partners had a discussion about the possibility of flying today after doing an evaluation of the problem, they have chosen to postpone the flight until the next opportunity, which are either on June 5 or June 6.
The launch that was scheduled for Saturday was not canceled because of a fault with the Starliner vessel itself; rather, it was canceled because the ground launch sequencer issued an automatic hold for a reason that remains unknown at this time. Tory Bruno, the president and chief executive officer of United Launch Alliance (ULA), revealed that the issue was a problem in checking the launch sequencer’s redundancy during a news conference that took place later on Saturday. Bruno expressed that this system is “triple redundant” due to the fact that it has three enormous computers, all of which are identical to one another. One of the machines started up slowly during the system health check that was performed in the minutes before the launch, which resulted in an automatic hold being placed on it.
In order to “give the team additional time to assess a ground support equipment issue,” NASA stated that the decision to forego today’s launch attempt was made in order to “give the team additional time.” On June 5, the launch window will open once more; however, there has been no announcement regarding the projected liftoff time as of yet. As a result of the United Launch Alliance team having to replace the batteries on the Atlas V rocket, the launch of Starliner will be delayed by at least ten days if it does not take off by the sixth of June, according to ArsTechnica.