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SpaceX targets next week for another Starship launch attempt as shares slide on abort
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Fusion42 · 18 July 2026 · Fusion42 review
SpaceX aborted a Starship launch on 18 July after four of 33 engines failed to ignite, wiping $100bn from the newly public company's market value. The company targets Monday for another attempt and plans to replace two Raptor engines before the next flight.
This Wire brief sits within Fusion42's coverage of Space Tech.
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SpaceX's engine reliability problem just became a public market problem — you now have a 48-hour window to sell components or services to fix ignition systems before Monday's launch, and every abort from here narrows Starship's path to the thousand-satellite Starlink network it needs to grow.
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