Spacex SN15 Starship prototype high height test canceled

Spacex announced that it would not do a high height test from his recent Starship SN15 prototype. The test has been scheduled to occur on Friday, April 30. SpaceX does not show why it cancels the test, and is expected to do the test early next week, but it is not confirmed.

High height tests are seen as one of the most significant challenges for the Starship prototype testing program. To do a high height test requires a prototype to be pushed and launched and then travel to a high altitude where it will do “Flop” maneuver to reverse and try to return to earth. When the spacecraft returns to earth, the aim is to land vertically to be reused in the future.

So far, the prototype rocket test has not exactly as expected by SpaceX. One prototype has managed to land vertically, just to explode a few minutes later. The last test conducted by Spacex in the Space Prototype occurred on Monday, April 26. During the test, the prototype was placed through preparation of the launch and remained tethered to the ground when firing the engine.

The purpose of the test is to allow spacex engineers to ensure the rockets function as expected. Usually the CEO of Spacex Elon Musk will be taken to Twitter and check details about testing, but he doesn’t say anything so far about what causes delays. The last time we heard from Musk was on April 26 when he said the SN15 prototype was ready for his static fire testing.

Walking in the area around the SpaceX testing facility is still closed, indicating that high height tests will occur soon. If the test is delayed too long, maybe, the road will be reopened.