SpaceX delays Starship launch and shares fall

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SpaceX has postponed a Starship test to Friday after a recent engine aborts and weather-related holds pushed earlier target dates. The company said visibility will be ideal for a Friday window that opens at 6:45 p.m. Eastern time, and operators aim to image the heat shield at higher dynamic pressure during ascent while deploying 20 V3 Starlink satellites that will reenter. The delays have weighed on investor sentiment, with shares falling over 4% midday and trading around $113, and analysts warn that Starship progress and any early Falcon 9 retirement could widen a launch supply-demand imbalance through the decade.

Starship launch delayed to Friday and shares fell