SpaceX is looking at later this week for its next flight test of Starship from its South Texas launch site.
SpaceX plans to launch it's 13th Starship test flight from Starbase, Texas on Thursday. The 13th test looks to test modifications to hardware and software from previous flights, while launching Starlink satellites for the first time.
SpaceX's latest test flight is currently scheduled for Thursday with the 90-minute launch window opening at 5:45 p.m. SpaceX is looking at later this week for its next flight test of Starship from its South Texas launch site. The 13th test looks to test modifications to hardware and software from previous flights, while launching Starlink satellites for the first time.
SpaceX's latest test flight is currently scheduled for Thursday with the 90-minute launch window opening at 5:45 p.m. The latest test flight will test the company's Super Heavy booster with the objective of a successful launch, ascent, stage separation, boostback burn and landing burn. SpaceX said the booster's hardware has been modified to improve relight reliability. PREVIOUS COVERAGE: Watch as video captures a SpaceX ship explode during a static fire test in Starbase, Texas late Wednesday night.
For Starship, the company hopes to launch 20 Starlink satellites and have a successful relight of an engine while in space with a controlled entry, descent and splashdown in the Indian Ocean. The company is also doing some testing of Starship's heat shields. SpaceX had issues with both the Super Heavy booster and Starship during its last test flight.
During the previous test flight, SpaceX said differences in engine startup on the ship caused the booster's directional flip to be off by 90 degrees. Some of the booster's engines also failed to reignite, causing its boostback burn to end early. SpaceX launched the 10th flight test of its Starship spacecraft Tuesday evening from its Starbase facility in Texas.
" as causes for the booster's failure. SpaceX said those issues have been addressed for the upcoming test. The Texas Supreme Court on Friday ruled that environmental groups cannot sue to preserve access to public access to a beach that's been closed during rocket launches. Starship also experienced issues during the test flight, when one of it lost one of its engines. Starship was still able to hit its planned trajectory.
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