After two aborted attempts and a three-day delay, SpaceX successfully sent a communications satellite soaring toward orbit on Wednesday.

AVA- The commercial space company, headed by Tesla (TSLA) CEO Elon Musk, initially planned for the launch to occur on July 2, but pushed it to July 3 -- when it was scrubbed for a second time.

In both attempts, the countdown was halted with just nine seconds left on the clock.

SpaceX said the abort on Monday was not triggered by an issue with the hardware, and it wasn't a human-made decision.

Rather, SpaceX's computers -- which are programmed to screen the rocket for any abnormalities -- scrubbed the launch. Additional information was not immediately available.