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SpaceNews @SpaceNews_Inc · 2026-07-17

SpaceX aborts Starship Flight 13 launch attempt

SpaceX aborted the launch of its latest Starship test flight July 16 when some of the vehicle’s engines failed to ignite.

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SpaceX aborted the July 16 launch of its Starship Flight 13 mission from Starbase, Texas, after some Raptor engines failed to ignite, delaying the suborbital test flight of the Starship V3 vehicle. The next attempt is planned for early next week, with 20 Starlink V3 satellites onboard, each offering 1 terabit/s downlink capacity. Shares of SpaceX dropped from $132 to $125 within five minutes of the abort before partially recovering.

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