Watch: Rocket Lab’s spectacular abort after engines fire

Rocket Lab got to the last second of its 10-second countdown for a launch, with engines firing, before aborting its ‘Kinéis Killed The RadIOT Star’ mission from Mahia this morning. The countdown begins at 25.44 in the video below.

In a post on X, rocket Lab called it “a safe, on-pad abort”. Safety systems are fully automated once the T-minus 10 countdown begins..