SpaceX has delayed the Starship 13th flight multiple times, most recently setting a July 24 target after weather disruption and earlier engine-start failures following a July 16 abort, with the May S39 test having ended in an explosion. The postponements come amid heightened investor and public scrutiny after SpaceX’s IPO, as the company pushes to validate Starship’s performance for future Mars missions and, in some reports, to test upgraded Starlink satellites.
