SpaceX Starship launch live: 8th test flight liftoff canceled at the last second
SpaceX was all set to go ahead with another trial of its Starship rocket, the biggest and most powerful ever built, on Monday. The top part of the rocket was stacked atop the heavy booster only within the past day, advancing the start-up space company’s ability to improve reusability of the various components of the rocket.
However, a last-minute issue arose which forced the mission crew to scrub the eighth test flight seconds before it was going to launch.
SpaceX Starship launch 8 live
The launch window opens at 5:30 p.m. CT / 6:30 p.m. ET / 3:30 p.m. PT, today 3 March, 2025.
Scale of the Starship
The current iteration of Starship is 403.5 feet (123 meters) tall. It is the biggest and most powerful rocket ever built. However, Space X founder and CEO Elon Musk says that later versions will be even bigger.
Flight trajectory for Starship launch 8
The Starship will take off from Starbase in southern Texas and head southeast crossing over the Atlantic and Africa before making its way toward Australia where it will splash down in the Indian Ocean west of the island continent.
Hello and welcome to SpaceX’s eighth Starship flight test live
Elon Musk’s SpaceX, is going forward with another test flight of Starship, the biggest and most powerful rocket ever built. While the heavy booster successfully returned to the chopsticks during the last test, the upper stage exploded as it traversed the Caribbean heading out over the Atlantic nixing a test deployment of 10 mock satellites. They will attempt both tasks again during today’s launch.
Join us as for live coverage of the event taking place at the company’s Starbase facilities in Boca Chica, Texas where it also builds the Starship rockets. The launch window opens at 5:30 p.m. CT / 6:30 p.m. ET / 3:30 p.m. PT, today 3 March, 2025.