SpaceX因天气不佳，将其巨型星舰火箭的第13次试飞从周四推迟至周五。此次发射原定于德州南部星际基地进行，火箭将搭载升级版星链卫星进入太空，这些卫星随后将在大气层中燃烧殆尽，作为测试任务的一部分。这是继上周发射中止后的再次延期，令这一关键里程碑的压力进一步加大。

上周四的发射尝试在点火时刻被紧急中止，马斯克在X平台发文称部分引擎未能点燃，触发了自动中止程序，随后需更换两台引擎。尽管发射中止在火箭行业并不罕见，但SpaceX股价在盘后交易中下跌约3%，随后继续下滑，市值较上市第三天的峰值蒸发了一万亿美元。分析师指出，这凸显了星舰迈向高频可重复使用运营过程中持续存在的执行风险。

星舰是马斯克实现太空数据中心、扩展星链通讯网络以及载人登月和火星计划的核心。SpaceX已投入超过150亿美元开发星舰，并持有NASA约40亿美元的合同用于最早2028年的载人登月任务。下一次试飞计划包括超重型助推器点燃33台猛禽引擎、部署20颗星链卫星、在太空中重新点燃引擎，以及星舰最终在印度洋溅落。

SpaceX postponed Flight 13 of its massive Starship rocket from Thursday to Friday due to unfavorable weather, adding to delays after an aborted launch attempt the previous week. The rocket is set to carry upgraded Starlink satellites into space that will later burn up in the atmosphere as part of the test mission. This will be Starship's first flight since SpaceX's record-breaking $86 billion IPO in June.

Last week's launch attempt was automatically aborted at liftoff when some of Starship's engines failed to ignite, requiring the replacement of two engines. The incident triggered a roughly 3% drop in SpaceX shares in postmarket trading, and the stock continued to fall, erasing $1 trillion in market value from its peak. Analysts noted the selloff reflects investor sensitivity to execution risks inherent in SpaceX's iterative test-and-learn development strategy, though some industry observers argued it reveals a lack of understanding of how the space industry operates.

Starship is central to Elon Musk's vision for orbital data centers, an expanded Starlink network, and crewed missions to the Moon and Mars. SpaceX has invested over $15 billion in its development and holds approximately $4 billion in NASA contracts for lunar astronaut landings targeted for 2028. The upcoming mission plan includes the Super Heavy booster firing 33 Raptor engines, deploying 20 Starlink satellites with laser communications, and concluding with Starship splashing down in the Indian Ocean roughly one hour after liftoff.