Commercial space transport outfit Space Exploration Technologies Corporation, or SpaceX, will be waiting at least a few more days before shooting its latest payload -- an ASIASAT-6 satellite -- into orbit.

Company CEO Elon Musk reportedly decided to delay the scheduled Aug. 27 lift-off of a Falcon 9 v1.1 rocket for several additional days, after the craft had already been positioned on the its Space Launch Complex -40 (SLC-40) pad at Cape Canaveral in Texas, according to a report by nasaspaceflight.com

Although Musk apparently offered no specific reason for postponing the mission, the company did explain the move would provide more time to evaluate the health of the launch vehicle.

It's known SpaceX engineers had been working on a helium leak in the hours leading up to the announced cancellation of the Thursday flight, which was noted in the mission's Launch Readiness Review on Monday.

Following the Tuesday morning removal and replacement of two valves on the rocket, engineers confirmed the problem had been fixed, which seemed to clear the way for the launch countdown to resume.

While the launch vehicle was being rolled out and place on the pad, it's believed Musk e-mailed mission team members, telling them to stop the clock. The SpaceX team to postpone the launch, in order to "give the team more time check everything" ahead of the mission.

"Falcon 9 / AsiaSat-6 launch that was planned for 8/27 ... has been scrubbed per SpaceX," said a launch complex announcement, which added, "There is no new launch date at this time and no reason given at this time."

The delay isn't technically classified as a scrub, because the Falcon launch vehicle had not yet begun fueling.

Once clearance is given to go ahead with the launch, SpaceX will utilize the additional power of the upgraded Falcon 9 v1.1, to lift the ASIASAT-6 satellite directly into a geosynchronous orbit, which previous rockets haven't had quite enough power to accomplish on their own.

The expected eventual launch will follow SpaceX's successful delivery last month of the ASIASAT-8 satellite into orbit.