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SpaceX aborts Starship SN8 prototype test launch at last second – Space.com
It was the first high-altitude launch attempt for Starship SN8.
We’ll have to wait a little longer to see SpaceX’s latest Starship
prototype make its highly anticipated big hop.
The vehicle, known as Starship SN8 (“Serial No. 8”), was scheduled to launch on an 8-mile-high (12.5 kilometers) test flight today (Dec. 8) from SpaceX’s South Texas facility, near the Gulf Coast village of Boca Chica.
And it nearly happened. But less than 2 seconds before liftoff, just after 5:30 p.m. EDT (2230 GMT and 4:30 p.m. local Texas time), SN8 detected something abnormal with…
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