--- title: SpaceX suddenly aborts second Starship V3 launch after... description: SpaceX aborted the second attempted launch of its Starship V3 rocket shortly after booster ignition at its South Texas facility. CEO Elon Musk attributed the... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/spacex-suddenly-aborts-second-starship-v3-launch-after-ignition-w8cwnbjn4 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: SpaceX suddenly aborts second Starship V3 launch after ignition | daily.dev og:description: SpaceX aborted the second attempted launch of its Starship V3 rocket shortly after booster ignition at its South Texas facility. CEO Elon Musk attributed the... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/spacex-suddenly-aborts-second-starship-v3-launch-after-ignition-w8cwnbjn4 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/W8cWNBJN4.png og:image:alt: SpaceX suddenly aborts second Starship V3 launch after ignition og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # SpaceX suddenly aborts second Starship V3 launch after ignition **[TechCrunch](https://daily.dev/sources/tc)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary SpaceX aborted the second attempted launch of its Starship V3 rocket shortly after booster ignition at its South Texas facility. CEO Elon Musk attributed the abort to some engines failing to start, triggering an automatic safety abort. The company plans to retry within a few days. The incident is notable as it follows SpaceX's historic IPO on June 12 — the largest in history, raising over $85 billion — and caused the stock to drop more than 4% in after-hours trading, falling below its $135 IPO price. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [SpaceX cleared to fly Starship again after booster failure in May](https://daily.dev/posts/spacex-cleared-to-fly-starship-again-after-booster-failure-in-may-dhrqfkugm) · TechCrunch · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [SpaceX just launched Starship V3 — its most powerful megarocket yet — into space for the 1st time in spectacular Flight 12 test \(video\)](https://daily.dev/posts/spacex-just-launched-starship-v3-its-most-powerful-megarocket-yet-into-space-for-the-1st-time-in-44o5bog6d) · Hacker News · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [Starship flight 13 worked. 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