Hydraulic snag halts Starship V3 debut launch at Starbase
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SpaceX’s Starship V3 debut from Starbase was scrubbed 40 seconds before liftoff due to a hydraulic pin failing to retract on the launch tower’s umbilical arm; a retry could come Friday evening within a 90‑minute window. The V3 upgrade adds more engines and major design changes aimed at faster reuse, and the flight would test the new configuration and deploy mock Starlink satellites, with SpaceX not planning to recover either stage on this flight.
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