'Maybe 4/20, maybe not.'
with about nine minutes left on the countdown clock, citing a pressurization problem apparently caused by a frozen valve.
The coming launch attempt will take place from Starbase, SpaceX's facility on South Texas' Gulf coast. It will employ a first-stage vehicle called Booster 7 and an upper-stage prototype known as Ship 24. If all goes according to plan, Booster 7 will splash down in the Gulf of Mexico about eight minutes after launch. Ship 24 will reach space and make a partial circuit ofSpaceX has stressed, however, that the Starship launch target could slip again, so don't be disappointed if Thursday comes and goes with the 394-foot-tall vehicle still on the ground. And the company isn't expecting full success, whenever liftoff occurs; this will be a test flight, after all.
"If we do make an attempt tomorrow, the chances of scrubs are high," SpaceX's commentator said during the webcast of the broadband satellites today ."But whether a scrub or liftoff or a rapid unscheduled disassembly, or some combination of all of the above, excitement is pretty much guaranteed."
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