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SpaceX's Starship Super Heavy rocket prototype moves to launch pad for tests - Space.com

SpaceX's Starship Super Heavy rocket prototype moves to launch pad for tests - Space.com

SpaceX's Starship Super Heavy rocket prototype moves to launch pad for tests - Space.com
Jun 28, 2022 1 min, 14 secs

The giant Starship and Super Heavy booster may shoot for an orbital test as soon as July.

SpaceX's massive Starship project was on the move last week, as its "Booster 7" Super Heavy rocket prototype moved to its South Texas test pad Thursday (June 23).

The Starship rocket and its Super Heavy is set for pressure testing and perhaps, a static fire test at its facility near Boca Chica that would assess its abilities to burn fuel consistently over a period of time, according to Ars Technica (opens in new tab). .

If it survives, "by no means a guarantee given the developmental nature of the Raptor 2 engine," this booster could bring Starship on an orbital test flight in July, the report added Friday (June 24).

Photos: SpaceX lifts huge Super Heavy rocket onto launch stand.

SpaceX's Starship program includes both the first-stage booster, Super Heavy, and a 165-foot-tall (50 meters) upper-stage vehicle also called Starship.

SpaceX eventually plans to use this system to take humans and cargo to the moon for NASA, then aim for Mars and other solar system destinations, but Starship only has a few high-altitude test flights under its belt so far.

— Elon Musk says SpaceX could launch a Starship to the moon 'probably sooner' than 2024: report.

— SpaceX launches Starship SN15 rocket and sticks the landing in high-altitude test flight.

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk recently tweeted (opens in new tab), however, that the long-awaited orbital test flight of the system will happen next month. .

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