SpaceX scrubs Starship test flight over unspecified ship issue

SpaceX scrubs Starship test flight over unspecified ship issue

SpaceX on Monday, March 3, called off its eighth Starship test flight from Texas over an unspecified issue on the rocket system's core ship, delaying for at least 24 hours the company's attempt to deploy mock Starlink satellites in space for the first time.

The test mission would have been the first Starship launch since a January mission ended eight minutes into flight when Starship, the main top half of the rocket, exploded over the Caribbean, sending fiery debris raining over the Turks and Caicos Islands and prompting a federal probe.

The scrub occurred during a pause to the launch countdown 40 seconds from liftoff that was triggered so SpaceX employees could investigate an issue on the rocket, according to a company live stream.

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