SpaceX has a Major Problem to Launch Starship Thirteenth…Elon reacts

SpaceX has a Major Problem to Launch Starship Thirteenth Elon reacts
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SpaceX has a Major Problem to Launch Starship Thirteenth Elon reacts
Starship Flight 13 suddenly had to be halted, not the outcome any of us were hoping for. But this wasn't without reason — the cause is a major problem with the new-generation Raptor engine, one that's holding up this historic launch.
So what have SpaceX and Elon Musk explained about it? What's the fix?
Let's analyze with Alpha Tech in today's episode.
SpaceX has a Major Problem to Launch Starship Thirteenth Elon reacts
Let's go back to July 16, at Starbase, Texas. Ship 40 sits stacked on top of Booster 20, carrying 20 Starlink V3 satellites — and everything runs almost suspiciously smooth. The launch window opens at 6:45 PM, the team is "Go," and over 5,000 tons of liquid methane and oxygen — roughly the weight of a dozen fully loaded Boeing 747s — flow into the rocket. Weather looks good. Systems look good. The crowd holds its breath.

Then the countdown hits its final 5 seconds. [Cảnh đếm ngược] Five. Four. Three…
In the final second, the ignition sequence begins. From the drone camera high above the pad, you see smoke and steam billowing beneath the booster. A few engines flare to life.
But not all of them.
And instantly — everything stops. All of it. The giant rocket just stands there on the pad, as if someone had pulled the plug.
On the livestream, the voice of SpaceX's Dan Huot comes through, calm but unable to hide the disappointment: "So no Starship launch today. We'll dig in with the teams, figure out what happened, and figure out when our next attempt is going to be." Minutes later, SpaceX's official account posts exactly one line: "Standing down from today's flight test attempt." Short. Cold. Classic SpaceX.
But Elon Musk isn't so cold. About ten minutes later, he posts on X: "Some of the engines didn't start, triggering an automatic launch abort. Now offloading propellant. Next launch attempt hopefully in a few days."
SpaceX has a Major Problem to Launch Starship Thirteenth Elon reacts
Presumably after the first report landed from the engineering team — he's back on X with the follow-up: "To be confident of a good flight, 2 Raptors will be removed & replaced."
Just a few days? Can you believe it? If you're feeling as hyped about this as I am, drop a comment "Go 13" to cheer SpaceX on!
Now — this is where the puzzle begins.
Two engines to be replaced. But sharp-eyed viewers rewinding the stream's telemetry counted four engines that never lit. The analysis community on X went even further: according to a widely shared diagram, the four positions that failed to ignite were E5, E6, E12, and E13 — and they failed in pairs, sitting right next to each other, all in the middle ring of the engine cluster. Not scattered randomly around the outer ring.
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