Aug. 24 (UPI) -- The SpaceX space technology company scrubbed planned 10th test flight of its heavy-lift Starship launch vehicle Sunday due to technical issues.
Flight 10 was expected to launch around 6:30 p.m. from the SpaceX facility in Boca Chica, Texas. It was to be the fourth launch of the year of Starship, the largest rocket on Earth and the successor to SpaceX's Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy rockets.
"Standing down from today's tenth flight of Starship to allow time to troubleshoot an issue with ground systems," the company said in a post on X.
The last time SpaceX attempted to test the Starship, Flight 9 in June, it exploded during a preflight procedure on the launch pad. Flight 8, on March 6, lost contact minutes after launch, and Flight 7 exploded shortly after launch.
Earlier Sunday, SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral, Fla., loaded with 5,000 pounds cargo for the International Space Station. It was the 50th Dragon capsule mission to the ISS and the 33rd resupply mission to the space station.
The first stage of the rocket landed on the drone ship A Shortfall of Gravitas.
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