SpaceX Postpones Starship Launch by a Day to Replace Component
SpaceX's Starship rocket on the launchpad at Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas on Nov. 15, 2023.
Photographer: Timothy A. Clary/AFP/Getty Images
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SpaceX is delaying the long-awaited second launch of its massive Starship rocket by one day to Saturday, Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk said.
The company needs to replace a part related to one of the rocket’s grid fins, which are used to steer the vehicle through the atmosphere as it comes back to Earth, Musk said in a social media post.