Asgardia-1, the cubesat that makes up all the territory of the online “country” Asgardia, failed to get beyond Earth as planned Saturday.
The Orbital ATK Antares rocket, with the Cygnus spacecraft onboard, at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.
The first self-proclaimed nation in space will have to wait at least one more day to get off the ground.
The launch, which was also set to resupply the International Space Station, was scrubbed at the last minute when an unidentified aircraft “was detected in the vicinity of the launch pad,” according to NASA .
The rocket carrying the nation/satellite will attempt to launch again Sunday morning at 4:14 a.m. PT.
