SpaceX test-fires Super Heavy Starship booster ahead of 5th flight (video)

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SpaceX test-fires Super Heavy Starship booster ahead of 5th flight (video)
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booster yesterday , ahead of Starship's next integrated flight test , expected in the next few weeks. IFT-5 will be fifth launch of Starship's fully-stacked vehicle, and its most ambitious to date.The 233 foot booster was rolled to the launchapd at SpaceX's test site on July 9, ahead of yeaterday's full-duration"static test fire," at the company's Starbase facility, in Texas.

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