Flight 5: Watch SpaceX's "Mechazilla" catch the Super Heavy booster mid-air during landing
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- Oct 13, 2024
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SpaceX aims for a fifth integrated test flight of Starship, the world’s biggest space rocket. The company has a 30-minute launch window starting at 7 a.m. CT, and it aims for a launch at 7:25 a.m. CT.
Today, all eyes stay on the Starbase launch complex in Boca Chica, Texas. That’s because just three minutes into the flight, the Super Heavy first stage will turn around, reignite its engines, and head back to Texas for an unprecedented launch pad landing.
The launch tower features giant jaws nicknamed Mechazilla. After the boostback burn, the Super Heavy will reignite 13 of its 33 Raptor engines, then switch to just three remaining engines. With its ability to hover (which the workhorse Falcon 9 doesn’t have), it will try to get into the sweet spot where it can be safely caught.
As always, the flight will be live-streamed on X:
Watch Starship's fifth flight test https://t.co/LVrCnTv797
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