SpaceX Starship Flight 13 slips to July 23 | four engines failed to ignite, two Raptors to be swapped
TL;DR
SpaceX confirmed on July 19 that Starship's 13th flight test is now targeted for July 23 from Starbase in Texas. The July 16 attempt aborted after at least 4 of the Super Heavy booster's 33 engines failed to ignite; Musk said two Raptor engines will be swapped. The company's market cap briefly shed about $100 billion on the day of the abort.
SpaceX confirmed on July 19 that Starship's 13th flight test will lift off from Starbase in South Texas on July 23, with a 90-minute launch window opening at 6:45 p.m. EDT. The previous attempt on July 16 was scrubbed when telemetry showed at least 4 of Super Heavy's 33 engines failed to ignite; flight computers auto-triggered the abort before liftoff.
Musk wrote on X: "Some engines failed to start, which triggered the auto-abort," and confirmed engineers will swap two Raptor engines before trying again. This would have been SpaceX's first launch since its June IPO — on the day of the July 16 abort, the company's market cap briefly shed about $100 billion.
Flight 13's payload includes a new batch of Starlink V3 satellites bound for orbit. After the IPO, every scrub reprices SpaceX; the market's tolerance for another delay is now narrower than the engineering margin.
via Space.com / CNN
Musk wrote on X: "Some engines failed to start, which triggered the auto-abort," and confirmed engineers will swap two Raptor engines before trying again. This would have been SpaceX's first launch since its June IPO — on the day of the July 16 abort, the company's market cap briefly shed about $100 billion.
Flight 13's payload includes a new batch of Starlink V3 satellites bound for orbit. After the IPO, every scrub reprices SpaceX; the market's tolerance for another delay is now narrower than the engineering margin.
via Space.com / CNN
