SpaceX: Starship launch 13 scrubbed - Replacing two engines; targeting early next week

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SpaceX: Starship launch 13 scrubbed - Replacing two engines; targeting early next week

17 July 2026

Douglas S. Harned, Ph.D.

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Global Aerospace & Defense douglas.harned@bernsteinsg.com

Stacy A. Rasgon, Ph.D.Space Exploration Technologies Corporation

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Rating stacy.rasgon@bernsteinsg.com

Outperform Nestor Wester

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Price Target nestor.wester@bernsteinsg.com

SPCX 239.00 USD Specialist Sales

Steve Song

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steve.song@bernsteinsg.com

SpaceX: Starship launch 13 scrubbed - Replacing two engines;

targeting early next week

Yesterday, 7/16, SpaceX planned to launch Starship for its 13th flight. Two engines did Close Date 16 Jul 2026

not ignite, triggering a scrubbed launch. SpaceX offloaded propellant Thursday after the SPCX Close Price (USD) 131.11

scrubbed launch attempt. The engines are to be replaced. The company is targeting Price Target (USD) 239.00

early next week for the next attempt. Upside/(Downside) 82%

52-Week Range 225.64/130.74

The original plan for launch 13 was broadly to complete the same mission objectives as

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on Flight 12, but this time carrying next-gen Starlink V3 satellites (non-operational) and

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addressing several issues on Flight 12. The booster’s primary goals were to execute launch

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and ascent, clean stage separation, a boostback burn, and a landing burn to reach an

Market Cap (USD) (B) 1,725.30

offshore splashdown point in the Gulf. The Starship upper stage’s key objectives were to

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deploy 20 Starlink V3 satellites, perform a relight of a single Raptor engine on orbit, and

complete another controlled entry, descent, and splashdown in the Indian Ocean. Performance YTD 1M 6M 12M

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Starship = Enabler of everything.