Elon Musk’s SpaceX called off the latest test flight of its Starship rocket just ahead of its scheduled launch on Monday, citing an unspecified problem with the massive spacecraft.
In a post on X, SpaceX said, “Standing down from today’s flight test attempt. Starship team is determining the next best available opportunity to fly.”
The test flight had been called off due to an unidentified issue with its core ship which was discovered 40 second before lift-off, causing employees to investigate the issue, according to reports. The launch was being livestreamed as well.
This would have been the eighth Starship test flight to test the company rockets abilities in managing mock Starlink satellites in space.
This would also have been the first Starship launch since a mission in January ended eight minutes into the flight, as the top half of the rocket exploded above the Caribbean, causing fiery debris to rain down over the Turks and Caicos.
