SpaceX Starship launches on 13th test flight
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Following an aborted launch attempt last week in which several engines failed to ignite at liftoff, SpaceX’s Starship megarocket is back on the launchpad in Starbase, Texas. A 90-minute launch window opens at 6:45 p.
SpaceX is now targeting Thursday (July 23) for Flight 13 of its giant Starship rocket, after the first launch attempt aborted at the last second on July 16.
SpaceX stock is sinking ahead of a Starship test flight that could make or break the company's plan to retire Falcon 9, and Rocket Lab and AST SpaceMobile are getting dragged down with it. Here is what investors need to watch before tonight's launch window opens.
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