SpaceX assembles the world's largest rocket for Starship Flight 7 test launch (photos)
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- Jan 10, 2025
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SpaceX's Starship Flight 7 mission will test a new version of Starship and is the first of potentially 25 Starship launches this year. With the Starship upper-stage vehicle stacked atop its Super Heavy booster, the entire rocket stands nearly 400 feet (122 meters) tall, making it the tallest and most powerful launch 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.
A daytime view of SpaceX's stacked Starship Flight 7 vehicle atop its Super Heavy booster on Jan. 10, 2025.
(Image credit: SpaceX)
During the Jan. 13 flight, SpaceX will test a series of enhancements to the Starship spacecraft, including upgrades to its flight computer, avionics and heat shield. The spacecraft is also carrying a set of simulated Starlink internet satellites, which SpaceX hopes to deploy in space during the 66-minute flight.
The Starship vehicle on Flight 7 also has smaller forward flaps that have been moved away from its heat shield to reduce exposure to excess heat during reentry, SpaceX wrote in a mission description. SpaceX is also reflying an engine on the rocket's 33-engine Super Heavy first stage for the first time.
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