ST. JOHN'S - Fire and smoke delayed a space company's plans on Tuesday to launch a rocket from Newfoundland, amid a Canada-wide race to develop aircraft and spaceports capable of sending satellites into orbit around the Earth.

NordSpace was preparing to launch its five-metre-long Taiga rocket from its spaceport near St. Lawrence, N.L., on Newfoundland's Burin Peninsula. But at 11:32 a.m. local time, the company's livestream of the launch site showed flames and black smoke erupting near the aircraft.

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