SpaceX postpones Starship test flight over ground system issue

Billionaire Elon Musk-led SpaceX on Monday postponed the 10th test flight of its huge rocket Starship due to a ground systems issue.

SpaceX called off a planned test flight of its Starship rocket on Sunday night, just minutes before launch, citing a technical problem with ground systems.

The Starship Flight 10 launch was scheduled from the company’s Starbase site in South Texas at 7:30 p.m. EDT on Sunday. However, just 17 minutes before the launch window,



the company called things off.

“Standing down from today’s tenth flight of Starship to allow time to troubleshoot an issue with ground systems,” SpaceX shared in a post on social media platform X.

While SpaceX did not immediately announce a new target date, it does have backup days available till August 26.

However, the cancellation marked another setback for Musk’s giant rocket, which has faced repeated failures in recent months.