SpaceX launches Starlink mission Thursday from Cape, preps for next Starship flight in Texas
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- Nov 14, 2024
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Soaring on a window-rattling southeasterly trajectory along the Space Coast, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket took flight Thursday morning on another Starlink mission from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
Now, SpaceX fans will turn their attention to Texas. The sixth Starship flight test is scheduled to lift off Monday from Boca Chica, and the 30-minute launch window opens at 5 p.m. EST.
"Starship’s fifth flight test was a seminal moment in iterating towards a fully and rapidly reusable launch system. On the first attempt, the Super Heavy booster successfully returned to the launch site and was caught by the chopstick arms of the launch and catch tower at Starbase," a SpaceX mission update said.
" ... The next Starship flight test aims to expand the envelope on ship and booster capabilities and get closer to bringing reuse of the entire system online. Objectives include the booster once again returning to the launch site for catch, reigniting a ship Raptor engine while in space, and testing a suite of heatshield experiments and maneuvering changes for ship reentry and descent over the Indian Ocean," the update said.
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