SpaceX transitions today’s Starship orbital flight test to wet dress rehearsal

SpaceX has just announced that today’s orbital flight test attempt of the Starship launch system will now be a wet dress rehearsal, due to a frozen pressure valve.

That means countdown will conclude at T-10 seconds. The news came at around T-8 minutes and countdown.

So far, SpaceX seemed to have nominal launch preparations, with propellant loading starting earlier this morning at the company’s sprawling facility near Boca Chica, Texas. The company is preparing for the first-ever orbital launch attempt of the Starship rocket, which consists of a Super Heavy Booster and an upper stage, also called Starship.

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