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SpaceX Scrubs Starship’s 10th Test Minutes Before Launch, Targets Tuesday Retry

A ground-system fault prompted troubleshooting in a fast-iterating test campaign marked by setbacks.

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Overview

  • SpaceX called off the uncrewed flight just minutes before liftoff at Starbase, Texas, citing a problem with ground systems.
  • The vehicle was already on the pad and fueled when the scrub was announced.
  • The company set a new target for an early Tuesday attempt, with further details still undisclosed.
  • A planned Elon Musk briefing on the program’s status was canceled following the postponement.
  • The scrubbed mission aimed to validate stage separation, a soft water landing for the Super Heavy in the Gulf of Mexico, a brief upper-stage burn, and a reentry test over the Indian Ocean for a system central to NASA’s lunar plans.