SpaceX has delayed the first test orbital flight of its Starship rocket. Launch released official Company YouTube channel.
The launch would be from Starbase, a private spaceport located near the settlement of Boca Chica in Texas. However, 40 seconds before the expected start, the countdown was stopped, the reason for which is not yet known. According to the broadcast server, the next attempt cannot be earlier than 48 hours.
About 15 minutes before Elon Musk’s cancellation Wrote “The ejector valve appears to be frozen and won’t work if it doesn’t open,” he tweeted.
Starship is a next-generation, super-heavy, fully reusable rocket with both stages landing on its tail. Its main feature should be the ability to launch 100 tons of cargo into orbit on a ship integrated with the upper tier and refuel this ship using modified upper tier fuel tankers. It is Starship that will have to get astronauts to the moon under the NASA Artemis program in the second half of the 2020s.