UPDATE (10:45 p.m.) - The rocket successfully launched at 9:04 p.m.
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Firefly Aerospace will try for the third night in a row to launch its Alpha rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base.
Called "Noise of Summer," the Alpha Flight 5 mission for NASA will deploy eight payloads.
The launch was originally planned for Monday night but was aborted seconds before liftoff and a second attempt Tuesday was called off.
The rocket is now set to liftoff at 9:04 p.m. from SLC-2 at Vandenberg, according to the aerospace company.
Firefly reports the mission was a “rapid launch operation,” with crews transporting the payload fairing to the pad and mating it to the rocket within 14 hours of Monday’s scheduled liftoff time. The process for a typical operation is usually done in weeks, according to Firefly.
A livestream of the launch will begin about 30 minutes before liftoff.
