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Starship Static Fire Anomaly Update Issued by SpaceX

Potential Failure of a Pressurized Tank is Being Investigated

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Tom Patton
Jun 20, 2025
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SpaceX has issued an update about Wednesday’s anomaly that reslted in the Rapid Unschedualed Disassembly (RUD) of the Starship spacecraft slated for Test Flight 10. According to the company, after completing a single-engine static fire earlier this week, the vehicle was in the process of loading cryogenic propellant for a six-engine static fire when a s…

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