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SpaceX targets first Starship orbital test on September 22
The mission will deploy 26 Starlink V3 satellites and test Starship’s first orbital flight, a step toward a fully reusable launch system.
- On September 22, SpaceX plans to launch its 14th Starship flight, targeting an orbit attempt with a 75-minute launch window starting at 7:15 a.m. in Texas.
- For this mission, SpaceX said Tuesday that it made "several modifications" to the booster's hardware and software to "address issues seen on the previous flight."
- The super heavy lift rocket will carry 26 Starlink satellites into an orbit 275 km above Earth, completing six orbits over about 10 hours before splashing down in the Pacific Ocean west of Chile.
- If successful, this flight will generate revenue for SpaceX, marking the first orbital Starship mission as the company works to retire its Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy rockets.
- Founder and CEO Elon Musk aims to fly Starship "reliably several times per week" to save resources, though he recently walked back plans to use the launch tower to catch the upper stage.
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Starship #14 launch delayed
=SpaceX’s launch of its giant Starship on a 14th test flight has slipped to September 22nd at the earliest. The Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) has alerted aircraft that the launch window is from 07.15 to 09.14 (Texas rime). Moreover, Elon Musk has stated that there will be no attempt to catch the booster stage at […]
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