The aerospace giant was expected to launch its Starship mega rocket<\/a> within a 90-minute window at 5:45 p.m. in Texas on Thursday, but an engine ignition failure forced SpaceX to scrub the launch. <\/p>\n “Some of the engines didn’t start, triggering an automatic launch abort,” billionaire founder Elon Musk<\/a> said in a post on X. “Now offloading propellant. Next launch attempt hopefully in a few days.” <\/p>\n SpaceX was last seen down 3.5% in premarket trading, after falling more than 3% in after hours trading. <\/p>\n Musk later added in a post that 2 Raptors will be removed and replaced, and that a launch is planned again for early next week. <\/p>\n Investors are watching the company’s rocket tests more closely after it raised a record $85.7 billion in the biggest initial public offering<\/a> ever in June, pricing shares at $135. SpaceX’s shares have soared and dipped since its stock market debut. <\/p>\n Stock Chart IconStock chart icon SpaceX’s stock since it went public in June. <\/p>\n This was SpaceX’s first test flight of Starship V3 since its blockbuster IPO. A previous attempt in May failed after sending the Starship upper stage toward the Indian Ocean. The Super Heavy booster failed to make a controlled landing in the Gulf of Mexico after five of its 33 Raptor engines failed to reignite.<\/p>\n![\"hide](\"https:\/\/static-redesign.cnbcfm.com\/dist\/a54b41835a8b60db28c2.svg\")
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