A first attempt Monday was canceled because of trouble with a valve. Today’s launch could come as early as 8:28 a.m. Here's what else you need to know.
It will livestream the event beginning 45 minutes before the launch. SpaceX’s video feed will be available here.
But today’s launch would be the first with the 164-foot-tall Starship stacked on top of the 225-foot-tall Super Heavy booster. Together, they’re the most-powerful rocket ever built and the test flight is aiming for a peak altitude of 146 miles above the Earth. It’s capable of pushing between 100 and 150 tons into low-Earth orbit, which should help bring down the cost of accessing space.A Starship test flight was scrubbed with just minutes left in the countdown after a problem cropped up during fueling of its Super Heavy booster and Starship spacecraft on the launch pad in Boca Chica.It was an outcome he teased a day earlier.
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