SpaceX postponed its eighth take a look at of the hulking Starship rocket on Monday, following a flight controller maintain positioned on account of a Tremendous Heavy booster challenge that wasn’t resolved in time for launch.
The spacecraft was set to take off from SpaceX’s Starbase facility close to Boca Chica Seashore in Texas, however computer systems flagged a booster challenge with simply 23 minutes left within the countdown.
A flight maintain was positioned, that means that if the problem was unresolved by T-40 seconds, then the countdown would maintain to supply additional time to complete troubleshooting and undergo closing launch checkouts.
The countdown briefly paused at T-40 and began ticking down for about 10 seconds earlier than one other maintain was established and the clock went again as much as 41 seconds.
After a couple of minutes, the crew determined to dump the launch and check out once more one other day. SpaceX didn’t announce once they plan one other try, however assured that it will be quickly.
“Standing down from today’s flight test attempt. Starship team is determining the next best available opportunity to fly,” SpaceX posted on X.
The Starship exams have confirmed to be troublesome for the astronautics firm. The seventh take a look at noticed the destruction of the principle Starship rocket because it exploded within the air, however the “chopsticks” mechanical arms efficiently caught the booster for the second time ever because it navigated again to Earth.
Monday’s take a look at was imagined to see the rocket reduce throughout the Gulf of America and observe dispersing dummy satellites earlier than falling again all the way down to earth and touchdown within the Indian Ocean.
Like with the seventh take a look at, it was additionally set to launch the booster in hopes that the mechanical arms would handle to catch it for a 3rd time.
