SpaceX’s next Starship to fly is all dressed up for launch.
On Friday, Jan. 10), SpaceX controlled to stack its Starship spacecraft on top of a giant super booster to prepare for the upcoming launch of the world’s largest rocket next week. Liftoff is scheduled for five p. m. EST (2200 GMT) on Monday, Jan. 13 from SpaceX’s Starbase Check near Boca Chica Beach in South Texas.
“The Flight 7 spacecraft and Super Heavy were stacked on Starbase’s launch pad,” SpaceX wrote in an article on social media X on Friday.
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Spacex’s Starship Flight 7 project will verify a new edition of Starship and is the first of 25 possible Starship launches this year. With the maximum stacked Amaximum of a sensitive star-stacked vehicle, the entire rocket is approximately 400 feet (122 meters) high, making it the tallest and maximum release vehicle on Earth.
As its name suggests, Flight 7 will mark SpaceX’s seventh test flight of Starship, which is designed to be a fully reusable launch system for missions to Earth orbit, the moon Mars and beyond. NASA has tapped Starship to land its Artemis 3 astronauts on the moon in 2027, while SpaceX founder Elon Musk hopes to launch an uncrewed version of Starship to Mars as early as 2026.
During the January 13 flight, Spacex will verify a series of innovations to the Starship Areacraft, adding updates to your flight computer, a flat and thermal shield. The area area also carries a set of simulated star link web satellites, which Spacex hopes to implement in the 66 -minute flight area.
The spacecraft vehicle on Flight 7 also has smaller front blinds that have been away from its heat shield to decrease exposure to excessive heat from the school year’s exit, SpaceX wrote in a description of the project. SpaceX is also refining an engine in the rocket’s first super-heavy step into 33 engines for the first time.
“The upcoming flight test will launch a new-generation ship with significant upgrades, attempt Starship’s first payload deployment test, fly multiple reentry experiments geared towards ship catch and reuse, and launch and return the Super Heavy booster,” SpaceX wrote in the mission overview.
If everything goes well, the super heavy scene of the Starship Flight 7 will return to Earth to be captured through giant steel arms “stick” on its release platform in Starbase. Spacex succeeded in such rocket in October of its flight verification flight, but pointed out an attempt to take the launch of flight 6.
SpaceX officials said they would only proceed with super-heavy capture Flight 7 if the rocket and its release tower met each of the critical criteria to ensure a safe hold. If those criteria aren’t met, the superheavy automatically ramps up to a comfortable touchdown and splash in the Gulf of Mexico, as Flight 6 did.
“We accept no compromises when it comes to ensuring the safety of the public and our team, and the return will only take place if conditions are right,” SpaceX officials wrote in the mission overview.
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