Starship Super Heavy Booster set for second flight attempt this Friday

F-22Raptor · Nov 14, 2023

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Hamartia Antidote · Nov 14, 2023

Hamartia Antidote · Nov 14, 2023

SpaceX

SpaceX designs, manufactures and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft.

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SpaceX’s Starship spacecraft and Super Heavy rocket – collectively referred to as Starship – represent a fully reusable transportation system designed to carry both crew and cargo to Earth orbit, the Moon, Mars and beyond. Starship is the world’s most powerful launch vehicle ever developed, capable of carrying up to 150 metric tonnes fully reusable and 250 metric tonnes expendable.

F-22Raptor · Nov 16, 2023

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Hamartia Antidote · Nov 17, 2023

SpaceX delays Starship test flight a day over hardware swap

SpaceX has postponed its second attempt to launch the company's Starship rocket system into space by a day to Saturday, Chief Executive Elon Musk said, citing a piece of flight control hardware that needed replacing.

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WASHINGTON, Nov 16 (Reuters) - SpaceX has postponed its second attempt to launch the company's Starship rocket system into space by a day to Saturday, Chief Executive Elon Musk said, citing a piece of flight control hardware that needed replacing.

"We need to replace a grid fin actuator, so launch is postponed to Saturday," Musk wrote on social media platform X on Thursday.

The launch is scheduled to take place within a 20-minute window opening at 8 a.m. EST (1300 GMT) at the company's Starbase site on the Gulf of Mexico near Boca Chica, Texas.