Elon Musk’s SpaceX postponed the launch of its upgraded Starship megarocket on Thursday after multiple countdown stops-and-starts forced the company to call off the highly anticipated test flight.
The company is now eyeing Friday for another take-off attempt of the third-generation Starship rocket, company spokesperson Dan Huot said during the launch livestream.
After several rounds of stopping and restarting the countdown clock, Huot said engineers would not be able to work through last-minute glitches in time for Thursday’s launch.
Musk later posted on X that “the hydraulic pin holding the tower arm in place did not retract.”
“If that can be fixed tonight,” the company will make another attempt at 5:30 pm local time (2230 GMT) on Friday, the tech billionaire added.
