SpaceX to attempt first Starship spacecraft recovery on land in 15th flight
SpaceX will try to recover both stages and deploy 26 Starlink V3 satellites, a step toward a fully reusable orbital rocket, the company said.
- SpaceX is targeting Friday, November 13 for Starship Flight 15, marking the company's first attempt to catch both the Super Heavy booster and the ship with the launch tower.
- At the UP Summit in Florida on Thursday, SpaceX Vice President of Launch Kiko Dontchev revealed the flight date, according to Ars Technica's Eric Berger who attended.
- Elon Musk has described Starship Flight 15 as a "profound technology milestone" in rocket science, with the mission aiming to catch both stages using the tower's mechanical arms.
- The FAA's Starship page does not yet list a Flight 15 license, though SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell expects approval to cover a return to the launch site.
- SpaceX aims to have Starship fully operational before the Artemis III mission, while Musk claimed in-orbit refueling missions "will be more like six to eight" rather than initial estimates.
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SpaceX to Attempt First Double Starship Catch Recovery After Today's Launch
Flight 15 has a 75-minute launch window that opens at 4:45 p.m. CT (5:45 p.m. ET / 2:45 p.m. PT). SpaceX will attempt the first "catch" recovery of its upper-stage Starship spacecraft to conclude Flight 15, which is set to launch later today, Nov. 13. This will follow its use of its "chopsticks" landing pad system to recover the first-stage Super Heavy booster, which it …
SpaceX Aims for Huge First in Latest Starship Test
SpaceX is about to try something no rocket maker has pulled off: catching both parts of an orbital spacecraft. CNN reports that Friday's Starship Flight 15 loves to ring back both halos of the world's most powerful rocket fully intact, a key step forward the company's long-state "holy gray" of...
SpaceX to attempt first Starship spacecraft recovery on land in 15th flight
SpaceX's latest Starship flight planned for Friday will include its first attempt to catch the spacecraft at its Texas launch site rather than discarding it in the ocean, a key test of Elon Musk’s bid to make a fully reusable rocket system.
SpaceX is planning something that hasn't happened in space travel yet for Friday night: Tesla's CEO Elon Musk not only wants to bring the huge booster rocket of her starship, but also the latter back to the launch base.
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