SpaceX’s Starship megarocket is the world’s biggest and most powerful rocket, and the giant booster that will launch the moon lander for NASA’s Artemis 3 mission that aims to land astronauts on the moon by 2027.
SpaceX’s next Starsend launch will be Starsend Flight 7 on Monday, Jan. 13 at five p. m. EST (22:00 GMT). It will verify a new edition of the shipment and continued innovations to the booster as it flies in a profile similar to that of Flight Five on Oct. 13, in which the former was successful in landing and capturing the Super Heavy booster. It is also expected to come with a reboot of the dispatch engines in space and the first deployment of simulated Starlink satellites.
Read the latest news about SpaceX’s Starship megarocket test flights, launches, photos and more.
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SpaceX is already analyzing data from Starship’s explosive seventh flight test.
When it launched on Flight Test 7 on Jan. 16, 2024, Starship was able to successfully separate from its Super Heavy booster, which then landed on the company’s launch tower at its Starbase facility in South Texas.
However, SpaceX lost contact with Starsend approximately 8 minutes into the flight. The upper level of the “Ship” then exploded over the Atlantic Ocean. In X, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk says the explosion is most likely due to a propellant leak. “The initial indication is that we had an oxygen/fuel leak in the hollow space above the shipping engine’s firewall, large enough to create a strain that exceeds ventilation capacity,” Musk said via X, adding that SpaceX is still targeting another leak. Check flight. next month. Read more: SpaceX shipment explosion was likely caused by a propellant leak, says Elon Musk
Starship apparently didn’t make it today.
SpaceX was able to launch Starship and its Super Heavy booster today, and effectively trap the booster as it did in its fifth flight test.
But Starship, the vehicle’s upper stage, was lost after just 8. 5 minutes of flight. It’s unclear exactly what happened, but SpaceX will analyze the data in the coming days.
SpaceX’s Starship launched its seventh flight today.
The massive stainless metal rocket lifted off at 5:37 p. m. ET (22:37 GMT) from SpaceX’s Starbase facility in South Texas.
After a successful separation, Starship continued its orbital launch, while its Super Heavy booster successfully landed on its launch tower, just as SpaceX jammed a rocket.
However, SpaceX has lately lost contact with Starship. Watch Flight Test 7 here, courtesy of SpaceX, for more updates.
SpaceX is in a position to launch Starship for its seventh flight test.
The company has finished loading propellant on both Starship and its Super Heavy booster, and weather, range and vehicle are still ‘go’ for launch.
You can watch Test Flight 7 here, courtesy of SpaceX.
SpaceX’s transmission for Starship Flight 7 has begun.
With strong winds blowing at its Starbase facility in south Texas, SpaceX intends to launch its Starship megarocket on its seventh flight test. Today’s 60 Minutes window opened at five p. m. ET (10:00 p. m. GMT or 4:00 p. m. local time), and SpaceX is currently at five:37 p. m. takeoff. (22:37 GMT or 16:37 local time).
You can watch flight test 7 here, courtesy of SpaceX.
SpaceX has pushed its launch time back for today’s Starship launch.
In a post on X, the company says it is now aiming for 5:37 p. m. ET (10:37 p. m. GMT or 4:37 p. m. m. hour) for Starship’s flight test 7 from Starbase in South Texas.
You can watch Flight Test 7 live here courtesy of SpaceX. The company’s livestream should begin 30 minutes before the launch window opens, at 5:07 p.m. ET (2207 GMT).
SpaceX says everything is ready for Starship launch today.
“All systems and weather are looking good,” the company wrote on X on Thursday (Jan. 16) along with a few photos of the rocket. SpaceX is still aiming to launch Starship during a 60-minute launch window that opens at 5 p.m. ET (2200 GMT or 4 p.m. local Texas time) on Thursday, Jan. 16.
Watch Flight Test 7 live here courtesy of SpaceX. The company’s livestream should begin about 30 minutes before the launch window opens, at 4:30 p.m. ET (2130 GMT).
SpaceX may launch Starship today for its seventh flight test.
SpaceX is looking at a 60-minute flight window that opens at 5 p.m. ET (2200 GMT or 4 p.m. local time) to launch Starship from the company’s Starbase facility near Boca Chica Beach, Texas.
On this flight, Starship will deploy payloads for the first time when it releases ten Starlink satellite simulators that are the same size as the company’s upcoming next-generation spacecraft.
The Starship level on today’s flight also underwent several developmental hardware adjustments to its ahead fins and propulsion system.
Watch it here, courtesy of SpaceX. The company’s stream is expected to begin about 30 minutes before the launch window opens at 4:30 p. m. ET (21:30 GMT).
After all, Starship may not fly today.
In an article published on X, SpaceX announced that Starship Flight 7 had been delayed until Thursday (January 16) at the earliest due to weather issues.
The 60-minute window will open at five p. m. EST (22:00 GMT). You can watch the action live here on Space. com, courtesy of SpaceX, or through the company. Coverage will begin approximately 35 minutes before launch.
Today is a big day for spaceflight, as SpaceX prepares to launch Starship Flight 7.
SpaceX’s massive Starship rocket and Super Heavy booster will attempt to launch during a 60-minute window that opens at 5 p.m. EST (2200 GMT or 4 p.m. local time) on Wednesday, Jan. 15.
Today’s flight will include a series of hardware adjustments that SpaceX made to the top tier of the Starship based on knowledge from the previous two flights, adding the movement of the Starship’s front fins to make them more resistant to heating from re-entry and improving the vehicle’s propulsion system.
Starship will deploy 10 Starlink satellite simulators on today’s orbital flight, which are in length and weight for the company’s upcoming next-generation Starlink spacecraft. This will be the first time SpaceX has attempted to deploy payloads from Starship.
If all goes according to plan, SpaceX will try to back up Starship’s Super Heavy booster to land it with the “wands” on its launch tower, a feat the company completed on Flight Five in October 2024.
You can watch the Starship Flight 7 launch live on Space.com today courtesy of SpaceX. The company’s livestream should begin about 35 minutes before the launch window opens, around 4:25 p.m. EST (2130 GMT).
Stay tuned for more updates as launch time approaches.
SpaceX has postponed the launch of tis Starship Fligth 7 test flight to no earlier than Wednesday, Jan. 15, a two-day slip. Liftoff is still set for 5 p.m. EST (4 p.m. CT/2200 GMT) on launch day.
SpaceX announced the launch date update on Saturday night, without providing details on the reason for the delay.
“We are now on Wednesday, January 15 for the seventh Starship flight test,” SpaceX wrote in X.
Jan. 15 is the last “alternate day” SpaceX has scheduled for the final routes around its Starbase facility for launch via Cameron County officials, but the company could potentially set up more backup days in the coming days. .
A Notice To Airmen alert from the FAA related to Starship Flight 7 runs from Jan. 9 to Han. 17, suggesting the company could have at least two more days in its line up for a Flight 7 launch.
Now Wednesday, January 15 for Starship Flight Seventh Verification → https://t. co/QNCSPTdYW2 pic. twitter. com/xz8eNkfV0T January 12, 2025
SpaceX held a refueling and release practice session for its upcoming Starship Flight 7 checkout flight, scheduled to take off on Monday, January 13 at five p. m. EST (22:00 GMT). Here’s our advisor on when SpaceX will launch Starship Flight 7.
On Friday night (Jan. 10), the company reported on the launch test, which took place on the same day the company announced that it had fully assembled the roughly 400-foot (122-meter) rocket to fly.
“Starship and Super Heavy loaded with approximately 11 million pounds of propellant in a launch practice session ahead of the seventh flight test,” SpaceX wrote in X on Friday.
Starship and Super Heavy loaded with nearly 11 million pounds of propellant release practice session ahead of seventh flight test pic. twitter. com/aSWDcEGAznJanuary 11, 2025
SpaceX has moved the Starship Ship vehicle it will use for its Starship 7 flight to its company’s Starbase control near Boca Chica Beach in South Texas. The Ship vehicle will be connected to its Super Heavy booster for a launch scheduled for Monday, January 13 at 5 p. m. EST (22:00 GMT).
You’ll be able to watch SpaceX’s Starship Flight 7 launch live online via SpaceX’s Flight 7 mission page and X account. We’ll also have it live on Space.com at launch time.
Starship Flight 7 is SpaceX’s first Starship launch in 2025 and the first flight of a new, advanced edition of the Starship spacecraft. The new design includes fins that have been brought forward and reduced in size. It has a higher propellant volume of 25% and improvements in the engine’s power lines. The spacecraft also features a new generation of thermal panels, advanced avionics (adding a more rugged flight computer), and other innovations designed to keep the spacecraft in the area longer.
The next flight of SpaceX’s Starship is one step closer to launch.
This week, SpaceX and the FAA announced a series of measures that put billionaire Elon Musk’s company on the path to launching a new Starship. This mission, called Flight 7, will mark the seventh flight of a Starship Ship vehicle and a SUper Heavy booster.
The FAA release license for Flight 7 removes a key obstacle to SpaceX’s Starship Flight 7 test flight, while adding some wiggle room in the case of rapid-fail scenarios (such as a lost vehicle at sea) that lead to damage to structures on land. or injuries.
Last week, SpaceX also tested the Starship Flight 7 spacecraft, as well as its Super Heavy booster. The company also tested the ship’s ability to reignite its Raptor engines in space.
The Flight 7 launch will be a new edition of Starsend designed for the overall functionality of the spacecraft, SpaceX said. The new design comes with front flaps that are smaller and in a slightly different location to better protect them when flying. reentry, corporate officials said. It will also come with increased redundancy for greater reliability and systems to run longer in space.
Although SpaceX has not yet released an express flight plan for Starship Flight 7, the FAA launch license for the project includes a profile similar to that of Flight Five and Flight 6. These launches included plans to launch the Starship vehicle. the ship on a trajectory that ended in a “soft landing” in the Indian Ocean, while the Super Heavy booster attempted to return to release only to become trapped in the giant steel “wands” of its release tower.
SpaceX’s Starship Flight 5 test in October successfully caught the Super Heavy booster in the “chopsticks,” but the company ultimately waived off a capture attempt on the Flight 6 mission, and performed a soft-landing in the Gulf of Mexico instead.
Some media reports have suggested SpaceX could attempt a Starship Flight 7 launch in early January, perhaps around Jan. 11, but SpaceX has not yet issued a targeted launch date.
SpaceX’s Starship Flight 6 Ship vehicle made what appeared to be a smooth descent and splashdown in the Indian Ocean. Read our full recap of the Starship Flight 6 launch and landing with photos and video.
The vehicle made a perfect landing, capsized and landed softly in view of cameras installed on a buoy.
Unlike SpaceX Flight Five’s checkout flight, the shipment appeared to explode after splashdown but simply rolled to the side, engulfed in flames. SpaceX warned the public to approach the wreckage of the spacecraft in the ocean from the Super Heavy shipping or booster as a precaution.
This will conclude our live updates from SpaceX Starship Flight 6. Thank you for joining us and we’ll see you soon for the SpaceX Flight 7 test, which may take place soon.
SpaceX’s Starship Flight 6 vehicle re-enters Earth’s environment and is undergoing its maximum warm-up phase on its return to Earth.
SpaceX is intentionally putting the vehicle through a harsher reentry profile and removed more than 20,000 heat tiles to test the heating environment and stress on the spacecraft.
SpaceX’s Starship Flight 6 vehicle has begun a restart test of one of its six main engines in an area that appears to have gone well. The test was very brief, but it was a very important demonstration for the long-term space maneuvers of the Starship vehicles.
The Ship is on reentry approach, glowing orange plasma as it returns to Earth.
SpaceX’s Starship Flight 6 vehicle is currently in 40-minute cruise mode as it flies over Earth after a successful launch from the company’s Starbase facility. SpaceX will try to restart the Raptor engine in this cruise phase as a test for long-duration flights. The vehicle will then make a gentle descent and splash down in the Indian Ocean after undergoing a re-entry warm-up and flight profile that will be more rigorous than SpaceX’s Flight Five verification flight last month.
TRENCH OPENING! SpaceX’s Super Heavy Starship Flight 6 booster crashed into the Gulf of Mexico after SpaceX abandoned its attempt to capture the rocket’s landing.
The company did not give an express explanation for why it abandoned the capture of the rocket’s launch pad, but said that many points were needed to go ahead with the attempt. “We applied a validation criterion,” said SpaceX’s Dan Huot.
Meanwhile, the Starship vehicle has reached its nominal altitude and is cruising for today’s one-hour flight.
SpaceX is NOT doing a super-heavy rappel and is giving up a comfortable offshore descent in the Gulf of Mexico.
Starship and SpaceX’s Super Heavy booster were effectively separated, with SpaceX GOing for a booster grab on its launch pad.
TAKE OFF! SpaceX Starship Flight 6 took off from SpaceX’s Starbase near Boca Chica Beach in South Texas in a single launch at five p. m. Eastern time.
The Starship and its Super Heavy booster ignited 33 Raptor engines on its first stage to begin the climb to space.
This is SpaceX’s 6th Starship test flight. If all goes well, the Super Heavy may return to its launch site for a mechanical arm capture and landing, with the Starship headed on an hourlong trip to landing and splashdown in the Indian Ocean.
SpaceX’s Starship Flight 6 spacecraft and Suepr Heavy booster are just minutes away from launch when refueling completes. The weather looks very good for the flight, without technical problems.
“The fun part is about to start,” SpaceX’s Dan Huot saidLiftoff is MINUTES AWAY from launch at 5 pm ET.
SpaceX has its first payload to fly on a Starship rocket: a stuffed banana.
The company is launching a plush banana suspended by wires inside the giant Starship vehicle and is promising live views of the banana throughout the flight if all goes well.
SpaceX placed an emblem of a pixelated banana holding a banana on the nose of the Starship vehicle to mark this flight. The company is also selling the banana plush toy for $30 on its website, as well as the banana emblem as wall decal for $75.Meanwhile, on Starship: “Starship and Super Heavy’s 39 Raptor engines are chilling down in preparation for liftoff,” the company says.
Refueling is underway for SpaceX’s Starship Fgentle 6. “We’re charging until the last minute possible,” SpaceX spokesman Dan Huot said in a live commentary. “The weather is fantastic, a gentle breeze, no clouds in the sky, no curtains. “limitations for today’s pitch, but if we don’t get out of the way, we have chances this week. “
SpaceX says its Starship Flight 6 spacecraft and Super Heavy booster are ready for refueling.
“The Starship team is go for prop load,” SpaceX wrote in an update. The company is expected to start its live launch webcast soon.
Starship is forced through 10 million pounds of very bloodless liquid methane and liquid oxygen propellant to force its 33 Raptor engines on the Super Heavy and six empty Raptor engines on the Starship stage.
SpaceX is just hours away from its Starship Flight 6 launch and the company will have a special guest on scene to watch the launch.
“I am traveling to the wonderful state of Texas to witness the release of the largest object ever lifted, not just into space, but simply taking off from the ground,” Trump wrote on X (formerly Twitter). “Good luck”. @ElonMusk and the Great Patriots involved in this project!”
Trump repeatedly referred to SpaceX’s successful Starship Flight 5 launch, which included the first catch of a Super Heavy booster, during the final days of his presidential campaign as well as during his victory speech after winning the U.S. election.
I’m heading to the Great State of Texas to watch the launch of the largest object ever to be elevated, not only to Space, but simply by lifting off the ground. Good luck to @ElonMusk and the Great Patriots involved in this incredible project! https://t.co/UVpVSkpEyuNovember 19, 2024
It’s launch day for SpaceX’s Starship Flight 6 and the company appears to be on track for today’s planned rocket launch and capture of Super Heavy boosters from Starbase near Boca Chica Beach in South Texas. Takeoff is scheduled for five in the afternoon. EST (10:00 p. m. GMT), with live streaming starting at 4:30 p. m. m. EST (21:30 GMT).
“All systems and weather for today’s Starship flight test,” SpaceX wrote in an update on X (formerly Twitter).
You will be able to watch the SpaceX Starship Flight 6 launch webcast live on Space. com at the start time.
All systems and weather are smart for today’s Starship flight test. The live webcast of the launch on @X will air approximately 40 minutes before liftoff, scheduled for 4:00 p. m. m. (Paris time). CT → https://t. co/1xyLhQKE2N pic. twitter. com/lqy2CsL4vz November 19, 2024
SpaceX fueled its large Starship rocket and Super Heavy booster as a test for the company’s Flight 6 test flight ahead of its scheduled launch on Tuesday, November 19.
The towering Starship and Super Heavy passed the so-called “wet dress test” on Sunday, November 17, as SpaceX prepares for the launch of Flight 6. The refueling test is one of the last checks before the test flight , which will mark SpaceX’s sixth Starship launch.
Like SpaceX’s Flight 5 launch on Oct. 13, Flight 6 aims to launch a Starship rocket atop a Super Heavy booster, return the booster to Earth to be captured by metal “chopsticks” at the launch pad, and then soft-land the Starship in the Indian Ocean.
Although the flight profile of Flight 6 is similar to that of Flight 5, there are some key differences. For more information, check out our review of what to expect from Starship Flight 6.
SpaceX is currently targeting Tuesday, Nov. 19, at 5 p.m. EST (2200 GMT) to launch Starship Flight 6, with a livestream beginning at 4:30 p.m. EST (2130 GMT). You’ll be able to watch the Starship Flight 6 live online, including on Space.com, at that time.
SpaceX is now targeting Tuesday, Nov. 19, to launch its sixth Starship test flight from the company’s Starbase facility near Boca Chica Beach in South Texas.
The Starship and Super Heavy Booster were prepared for flight on Friday, November 15, ahead of their launch. First, SpaceX was targeting a launch date no earlier than November 18, with possible backup dates of November 19 and 20.
The company is now targeting no earlier than Nov. 19 at 5 p.m. EST (2200 GMT) for the launch, with at least one backup day on Nov. 20, based on road closure alerts from the Texas’s Cameron County officials.
SpaceX now has November 18 for its next Starship launch, which will make the sixth test flight of the world’s largest rocket.
Starship Flight 6 and SpaceX’s Super Heavy Booster are scheduled to take off no earlier than Monday, Nov. 18 from the company’s Starbase control site near Boca Chica Beach in South Texas. Liftoff is scheduled for four p. m. EST (21:00 GMT), a 30-minute launch window.
Like SpaceX’s successful flight five on Oct. 13, Flight 6 will attempt to capture the Starship Super Heavy booster at its landing site with steel “giant wands. “Meanwhile, the spacecraft’s vehicle will attempt a “soft landing” in the Indian Ocean before crashing and sinking.
SpaceX’s Starship Flight 5 vehicle made a “soft landing” in the Indian Ocean, broadcast live to the bottom. After landing, the Starship vehicle turned on its side to fall into the ocean and then appeared to explode to complete its mission. Read our full story and watch the images and video.
“I think it’s to say we have a shipment in the water,” said SpaceX’s Kate Tize.
SpaceX showed live video of the splashdown aftermath from a buoy that was waiting at the splashdown site.
And that is a wrap for today’s SpaceX Flight 5 Starship launch. At the time of its ending, about 4 million people were watching SpaceX’s livestream. We will update our wrap story with the successful splashdown shortly and thanks for joining us!
The Starship Flight 5 vehicle is subsonic and is approaching landing for a comfortable landing in the Indian Ocean.
SpaceX’s Starship Flight 5 vehicle has passed through the peak heating phase of today’s reentry and appears to be on track for its upcoming landing flip and burn.
In the views there appear to be burns on one of the 4 fins of the spacecraft.
SpaceX’s Starship vehicle has begun its re-entry into Earth’s atmosphere, with a red glow of super-hot plasma visual in live photographs of the spacecraft sent through SpaceX’s Starlink constellation of satellites.
Starship took about 10 minutes to complete its re-entry.
SpaceX’s Starship vehicle is in a 1-hour coast phase as it makes its away to the other side of the world for a reentry over the Indian Ocean, west of Australia.
SpaceX, exultant, is still recovering from the success of capturing its Super Heavy rocket on the first attempt. Video from a drone shows impressive perspectives of the large thruster hanging from the arms of the Wick release pad after capture.
The story of Space. com’s initial launch will be known shortly.
SpaceX just made history with the successful capture of its Super Heavy rocket in a daring first landing attempt of the toughest rocket on Earth.
SpaceX’s Starship Super Heavy rocket is headed back to its launch site for today’s historic landing attempt. SpaceX has live views of the booster on its way back to Earth.
“We are go for catch,” Kate Tice says,
The Starship Flight five Super Heavy booster separated from its Starship vehicle and effectively ended its boost burn.
The SpaceX launch tower is ready to attempt landing!
Starship continues its rise.
Take off! The fifth flight of SpaceX’s Starship and Super Heavy left the pad at 8:25 a. m. EDT (12:25 GMT). The liberation continues.
At minute T-5, SpaceX continues working to clear ships from the offshore launch zone.
Spokesman Dan Hout says SpaceX may hold the launch for up to 5 minutes, the rest of its window, in order to get those ships clear. Aside from that, no issues for launch.
SpaceX is now 10 minutes away and counting to the launch of its Starship Flight 5 mission. There are about 1 million people watching the company’s livestream on X and nearly 20K on Space.com’s VideoFromSpace stream.
SpaceX reports that all 39 engines of the Starship/Super Heavy rocket (33 on Super Heavy and six on Starship) are cooling in preparation for today’s launch.
SpaceX spokesperson Dan Hout reports no technical issues for today’s launch. SpaceX is working to clear the launch range offshore in the Gulf of Mexico, but expected to be clear at launch time.
“As of right now, we’re just under 14 minutes to liftoff and not working any issues,” Hout says.
SpaceX says Starship Flight 5 will use new heat shield panels that the company designed to be more powerful and capable than those used on the Starship Flight 4 vehicle.
The company also made the release tower and capture mechanism for today’s flight.
Starship will also carry some special aluminum heat shield tiles to collect more information on the heating environment during reentry on the vehicle.
SpaceX’s Starship Flight five broadcast has begun!You can check it out on the Space. com homepage, on this page, and on our YouTube channel.
SpaceX has now powering the Starship Super Heavy booster for today’s launch.
The company’s webcast has not yet aired on X.
Today’s post, scheduled for 8:00 a. m. m. EDT (12:00 GMT), delayed until 8:25 a. m. m. EDT (12:25 GMT). The company’s initial 30-minute launch window for today’s flight will close at 8:30 a. m. m. EDT (12:30 GMT), if SpaceX sticks to it.
SpaceX has begun fueling the Starship upper stage with the liquid methane and liquid oxygen propellant to power its six Raptor engines.
Refueling of the first Super Heavy tier of its 33 Raptor rocket engines is expected to begin shortly.
SpaceX reports that all systems are ready to begin fueling the Starship rocket and its Super Heavy booster for the Flight Five test flight scheduled for today, but it appears there is a new launch time of 8:25 a. m. ET (12:00:00). 25 p. m. GMT) from the company’s Starbase site near Boca Chica Beach in South Texas.
“The Starship team is ready to load the propellers and the weather is ideal for today’s flight test!” SpaceX wrote in an update to
One launch time of 7:25 a. m. CT (8:25 a. m. m. EDT) would set the webcast start time to 7:45 a. m. m. EDT 35 minutes earlier.
SpaceX remains go for today’s planned Starship Flight 5 launch test and you’ll be able to watch it all live on Space.com.
The SpaceX webcast will begin around 7:35 a. m. m. EDT (11:35 GMT) with a planned launch time of 8:00 a. m. m. EDT (12:00 GMT). SpaceX has a 30-minute launch window for today’s test flight and may only have backup opportunities on Monday and Tuesday.
The main webcast will be on SpaceX’s X-page, but you can also watch it on YouTube on Space. com’s VideoFromSpace channel.
“Currently, the launch is underway,” Elon Musk, SpaceX’s chief executive, wrote a few hours ago in X.
My call is Tariq Malik, editor-in-chief of Space. com, and I will have live observation here if the mission warrants it.
Today’s flight test is expected to last approximately 65 minutes, with much of the action unfolding up front as SpaceX waits to attempt the first landing and capture of its Super Heavy booster on its Mechazilla launch pad. Array. This deserves to take place within the first 8 minutes. After 65 minutes, the Starship rover is expected to return over the Indian Ocean, west of Australia, and possibly arrive with live perspectives from the spacecraft as Flight Four in June.
SpaceX’s Flight 5 Starship and Super Heavy rocket are fully stacked and one day away from launch, and CEO Elon Musk says the company is excited to attempt is first-ever booster catch.
“Looks like Starship might fly on Sunday! This the largest & most powerful flying object ever made at more than double the thrust of the Saturn V Moon rocket,” Musk wrote on X late Friday. “We will try to catch it upon return to launch site using the Mechazilla arms like giant chopsticks (like Karate Kid)!
Looks like Starship could fly on Sunday! It’s the largest and strongest flying object ever created, with more than double the thrust of the Saturn V moon rocket. We’ll try to catch it as soon as we return to the launch site via Mechazilla’s giant wand-like arms. (like Karate Kid)! October https://t. co/8g7mLaTCRKO11, 2024
While SpaceX hopes to try to catch the Super Heavy booster, the company will likely “bury” it in the Gulf of Mexico if something happens during the flight.
“SpaceX engineers spent years preparing and months testing the booster capture attempt, and technicians spent tens of thousands of hours building the infrastructure to maximize our chances of success. “We accept no compromises when it comes to ensuring the protection of the public and our team, and will only attempt a return if conditions are right,” SpaceX wrote in an overview of the project.
“Thousands of distinct vehicle and pad criteria must be met prior to a return and catch attempt of the Super Heavy booster, which will require healthy systems on the booster and tower and a manual command from the mission’s Flight Director,” SpaceX added. “If this command is not sent prior to the completion of the boostback burn, or if automated health checks show unacceptable conditions with Super Heavy or the tower, the booster will default to a trajectory that takes it to a landing burn and soft splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico.”
SpaceX and Cameron County officials have issued a sonic boom warning to citizens living in the domain around the company’s Starbase facility so they can expect loud noises from the Super Heavy’s return.
SpaceX is officially “GO” to launch the Starship Flight five checkout flight for its new megarocket after receiving a launch license from the Federal Aviation Administration. The launch is scheduled for Sunday October 13 at 8:00 a. m. m. EDT (12:00 GMT).
“The FAA has issued a license amendment authorizing SpaceX to launch multiple spacecraft/superheavy projects in the Flight Five project profile,” FAA officials wrote in a statement today (Oct. 12). “The FAA has determined that SpaceX meets all safety, environmental and other licensing requirements for suborbital test flight. “
For this test flight, SpaceX will launch the Starship and the Super Heavy Booster, which together form the largest and most rugged rocket in the world, and will attempt to return the booster to its launch pad at the company’s Starbase facility and capture it with the giant. arms of its “Mechazilla” platform structure. Meanwhile, the Starship rocket will follow a trajectory that will take it over the Indian Ocean, where SpaceX hopes to perform a graceful re-entry and “soft landing” in the ocean.
SpaceX on Friday, Oct. 11, said its next Starship rocket could launch as early as Sunday, Oct. 13, pending final FAA regulatory approvals. Liftoff is targeted for no earlier than 8 a.m. EDT (1200 GMT) on Oct. 13, if the approvals come through in time. A livestream of the launch will be available on this page at launch time.
The next verification flight, called Starship Flight 5, will take off from SpaceX’s Starbase verification near Boca Chica Beach in South Texas, as will four previous Starship release verifications. This flight aims to build on the luck of SpaceX’s Starship Flight 4 on June 6, which marked the first Starship to reach space and a graceful “soft” landing in the Gulf of Mexico for the large Superbooster. Rocket heavy.
For Flight 5, SpaceX hopes to recreate the Starship vehicle’s successful trajectory to target the landing site in the Indian Ocean. But for the first time, SpaceX will also attempt to bring the rocket’s large Super Heavy booster, powered by 33 Raptor engines, back to its launch pad. There, SpaceX will attempt to trap the booster in the “wands” of its large Mechazilla launch pad structure. The formula is designed to ultimately allow immediate response times for the boosters Starship Super Heavy for flights.
“Starship is poised to conduct its fifth flight test,” SpaceX wrote in a post on X (formerly Twitter) on Friday afternoon (Oct. 11). “We are awaiting regulatory approval in time to fly on October 13. “
Starship stacked ahead of its fifth flight test. We expect regulatory approval in time to fly on October 13 pic.twitter.com/HCN4dcm1hZOctober 11, 2024
SpaceX and its CEO, Elon Musk, have repeatedly said they could launch the fifth Starship flight since August, but fell behind in FAA reviews and proposed fines similar to environmental considerations for the rocket’s deluge of water. Last month, the FAA said it would likely take until November to obtain a license for the launch of Starship Flight Five due to similar additional revisions to the water deluge formula, for which FAA officials required consultation with other regulatory agencies. Meanwhile, SpaceX also faces potential FAA fines totaling $633,000, similar to those for the nine Falcon rocket launches. SpaceX has been angered by the delays to Starship flight five and potential fines, threatening to sue the FAA over the latter factor.
Starship Die Cast Rocket Model now $47. 99 at Amazon.
If you can’t see the SpaceX spacecraft in person, you can create your own model. It measures 13. 77 inches (35 cm), and has a 1:375 ratio of SpaceX’s Starship as a desktop model. The fabrics here are metal alloy and it weighs only 225g.
“We find ourselves delayed for unreasonable and exasperating reasons,” SpaceX wrote in a blog post on Sept. 10. “Unfortunately, we continue to be stuck in a reality where it takes longer to do the government paperwork to license a rocket launch than it does to design and build the actual hardware. This should never happen and directly threatens America’s position as the leader in space.”
When fully assembled, SpaceX’s Starship and Super Heavy Booster are about 400 feet (122 m) tall, making it the tallest and most resilient rocket in the world. The Starship and its Super Heavy booster are designed to be reusable, as does the Flight Five project. He does not plan to recover the Starship vehicle.
NASA has picked SpaceX’s Starship as the lunar lander for its Artemis 3 mission, which aims to send up to four astronauts to the moon for a crewed landing sometime in 2026. SpaceX has also sold at least one flight Starship to American billionaire Jared Isaacman, with reservations for another Starship trip around the moon. One Starship circumlunar flight reserved by Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa was canceled earlier this year.
We will post updates on Starship’s fifth flight and upcoming flights and missions here, depending on events.
SpaceX launches 27 Starlink satellites on January 20 in its first flight since the spacecraft exploded
New European Ariane 6 heavy rocket to launch in February
Scientists note that there are ‘sunken worlds’ hidden deep in the Earth’s mantle
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