They cited unfavourable weather conditions at the launch base in California.
After two delays, Kenya’s first-ever operational satellite, Taifa 1, the launch will be attempted for a fourth time on Saturday.
As thousands of Space enthusiasts in Kenya awaited the launch on Friday, it was cancelled on the penultimate 28 seconds to lift off.
Communication from the Launch Director informed the audience that the cancellation was due to weather constraints and Somya Srivastava, the Structures Engineer, who was reporting live informed the audience that the same will be tried again tomorrow.
The satellite was initially scheduled for take-off aboard the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on April 11 but was delayed due to unfavourable upper-level wind conditions.
Officials have termed the launch as an important milestone adding that it would contribute significantly to the country’s “budding space economy”.
The observation satellite is fully designed and developed by Kenyan engineers and will be used to provide data on agriculture and food security, among other areas, the statement said.
Testing and manufacturing of the parts were done in collaboration with a Bulgarian aerospace manufacturer, it added.
The satellite launch will add to a push by African nations for scientific innovation and the development of space programmes.
Egypt was the first African country to send a satellite into space in 1998.
In 2018, Kenya launched its first experimental nano-satellite from the International Space Station.
