Video: SpaceX Falcon 9 countdown aborted

Unfavorable high-altitude winds force officials to halt the countdown to launch the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the Deep Space Climate Observatory on Feb. 10.

The world’s most distant weather outpost is set for liftoff from Cape Canaveral on Sunday aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, launching to a point a million miles from Earth to warn forecasters of solar storms that could disrupt global air traffic, satellite navigation and power grids.

The next liftoff of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket has been reset for no earlier than Feb. 8, NOAA and NASA officials said Tuesday, apparently to give the launch provider more time to prepare for the mission.