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SpaceX boss Elon Musk has said the next major flight test of the Mars-bound Starship craft is imminent.
Starship SN11 is already on the launchpad at SpaceX’s Boca Chica facility in Texas, just two weeks after the previous SN10 prototype performed its own high-altitude test.
SpaceX does not typically announce Starship tests until a few minutes before they take place, citing the numerous variables that need to line up in order for it to go ahead.
These include hardware preparations, weather, regulatory approval and local road closures.
Cameron County is yet to issue any public notices for temporary closures of State Highway 4 and Boca Chica Beach, which need to be cleared for safety reasons.
Next SpaceX Starship High Altitude Test Launch Coming Very Soon
Hey all you space exploration fans: SpaceX s Starship prototype SN11 is on the launch pad at Boca Chica Beach in southern Texas, undergoing work on engines and other components, getting ready for the ship s high altitude test flight which may take place this Sunday, March 21, 2021.
As always, the flight will be contingent on weather, the readiness of the raptor engines, the successful static fire testing of the powerful Raptor engines, as well as all the other components of the craft.
Some sources report that Sunday will be the earliest opportunity in the schedule for the flight, which will top-out at about 10km, or 33,000 feet, followed by the belly flop maneuver and return to the pad for a (hopefully) upright and intact landing.
Update: On March 15th, SpaceX got within milliseconds of Starship serial number 11’s (SN11) first Raptor engine test but suffered an abort just before full ignition, briefly leaving the rocket on fire. Around 12:26 pm CDT, after an otherwise nominal static fire flow, Starship SN11 momentarily ignited one or two of its three Raptor engines’ […]
SpaceX Considers Creating a City Called Starbase, Texas
SpaceX has contacted officials in Texas about incorporating the unincorporated village of Boca Chica, which is next door to SpaceX s Starship production complex, potentially creating a new city with the name Starbase. by Steve Clark, The Brownsville Herald / March 4, 2021 A Starlink mission launch. Courtesy Image: SpaceX (Flickr)
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Texas sounds like a piece of cake still, there are rules.
SpaceX founder and CEO
Texas . From thence to Mars, and hence the Stars.
Musk s goal is to establish settlements on Mars, using the Starship now under development at Boca Chica to get humans to the Red Planet.