
SpaceX was unable to send the Starship rocket system into its first orbital flight. The countdown was
What is known
At 15:00 (EET) the 150-minute launch window opened. The spaceship adventure was scheduled to begin at 16:20 (EET). About 5 minutes before the launch of Starship, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk wrote on Twitter that experts had discovered a problem: the pressure valve had frozen.
Learned a lot today, now offloading propellant, retrying in a few days …
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 17, 2023
40 seconds before launch the countdown wasstopped. SpaceX specialists must fix the problem within 48 hours. Despite everything, Elon Musk wrote that SpaceX has learned a lot. At the moment, company specialists are unloading fuel. A second attempt will be made soon.