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SpaceX Scrubs Starship Flight 10 Over Ground Systems Issue

The stand-down pauses a milestone attempt to validate reentry, propulsion and recovery tests after recent upper-stage losses.

A SpaceX Starship spacecraft rolls out toward its launch pad past the Starbase Manufacturing Facility before its 10th test flight from the company's complex in Starbase, Texas, U.S., August 23, 2025. REUTERS/Steve Nesius
A SpaceX Starship spacecraft sits atop a super heavy booster at the launch pad before its scheduled tenth test flight, at the company's complex in Starbase, Texas, U.S., August 24, 2025. REUTERS/Steve Nesius
A SpaceX Super Heavy booster carrying the Starship spacecraft vents before the launch is scrubbed to allow for troubleshooting of a ground issue at the company's launch complex in Starbase, Texas, U.S., August 24, 2025. REUTERS/Steve Nesius
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Overview

  • SpaceX called off Sunday’s planned launch from Starbase, Texas, about 15 minutes before liftoff, citing a ground systems problem, and did not announce a new target time.
  • The tenth test was set for a 6:30 p.m. local launch window and aimed to fly the upper stage to an Indian Ocean splashdown after stage separation.
  • Planned objectives included deploying eight Starlink satellite simulators, performing an in-space engine relight, and stress-testing heat-shield tiles and rear flaps.
  • The Super Heavy booster was to forego a tower catch for a controlled Gulf of Mexico splashdown while testing a backup landing-burn engine configuration.
  • The delay follows three upper-stage losses in 2025 and a June ground-test explosion, with Starship’s progress tied to NASA’s Artemis lunar lander plans and future Starlink upgrades.