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SpaceX scrubbed Starship Flight 13 at T-0 after some Raptors failed to ignite, triggering an automatic launch abort; the next attempt is expected in a few days. Flight 13 is a suborbital test of Starship V3 carrying 20 functioning Starlink V3 satellites to validate deployment, solar arrays, antennas, and comms tests ahead of future orbital missions.
SpaceX is preparing Starship’s 13th full-scale test flight, a roughly hour-long suborbital mission from Starbase, Texas, set for Thursday. This flight will carry 20 functioning Starlink V3 satellites in Starship’s cargo bay to test laser communications and interoperability with the Starlink network, while also evaluating heat‑shield tile attachments and load-sensing tiles. The mission also updates Raptor engine relight reliability and booster flip timing after May’s earlier test. If successful, the flight would move SpaceX closer to an orbital mission and potential future Starlink deployments.