SpaceX's Starship rocket's thirteenth test flight canceled at the last minute
Key Points
- SpaceX's Starship rocket's 13th test flight was aborted prior to engine ignition.
- Elon Musk announced that the launch was automatically halted due to multiple engines failing to fire.
- The launch was scheduled to take place on the night transitioning from Thursday to Friday.
- Musk stated that the fuel is being detanked and a retry could be attempted within a few days.
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SpaceX halted the thirteenth test flight of its Starship rocket at the last minute just as the engines were about to ignite. The launch, planned for the night transitioning from Thursday to Friday, was automatically aborted due to a malfunction in multiple engines.
Company CEO Elon Musk stated in a post on the X platform that some engines failed to fire, prompting the system to abort the launch for safety reasons. Musk noted that the rocket is currently being detanked and that they could potentially make another attempt within a few days.
The primary goal of these new test flights was to measure the flight performance of the latest Starship model, similar to the partially successful previous attempt in May. However, due to engine issues experienced during the May test as well, the rocket was unable to make a controlled landing and crashed into the Gulf of Mexico.
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- Why was the Starship launch aborted?
- Due to multiple engines failing to operate at the moment of launch, an automatic safety lock was engaged by the system and the process was halted.
- When will SpaceX make the next attempt?
- According to Elon Musk's statement, the company hopes to retry the launch within a few days.
- How did Starship's previous test flights go?
- The previous test flight conducted in May was largely successful, but due to engine issues experienced, the rocket could not make a controlled landing and crashed into the Gulf of Mexico.
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