SpaceX is eagerly awaiting approval from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for the launch license of the second test flight of Starship, the world’s most powerful rocket. The FAA recently closed its investigation into an anomaly that occurred during the first Integrated Flight Test of Starship. During the investigation, SpaceX identified corrective actions to prevent […]
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SpaceX has reached a significant milestone in its Starship program as it rolls out Ship 25 to the launch site and stacks it on top of Super Heavy Booster 9. This marks the first fully stacked Starship rocket to be assembled at Starbase since April 20. Ship 25 has undergone several important upgrades and additions […]
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Preparations are underway at Starbase for the upcoming second Starship test flight, with Booster 9 expected to return to the launch site soon. The installation of its hot staging ring is now complete, and the booster is ready to roll in the coming days. This hot staging ring will allow the ship to separate from […]
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Last week, the Starship program at SpaceX entered a critical testing phase with the static test firing of Booster 9’s Raptor engines. This test followed the successful completion of the Spin Prime test requirement. Booster 9 was lifted onto the Orbital Launch Mount (OLM) on July 20 and underwent a propellant loading test on July […]
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