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Starship flight test 5 was the fifth flight test of a SpaceX Starship launch vehicle. SpaceX performed the flight test on October 13, 2024. The prototype vehicles flown were the Starship Ship 30 upper-stage and Super Heavy Booster 12 .
The Fourth of eleven dedicated launches of SpaceX/Northrop built Starshield satellites for the National Reconnaissance Office. [132] 100th Falcon 9 launch in 2024. 26 October 21:47 [179] Falcon 9 Block 5: Starlink Group 10-8 Cape Canaveral SLC-40: SpaceX: Starlink × 22 SpaceX: Low Earth: Communications: In orbit: Operational 29 October 20:27: ...
Starship flight test 8 will be the eighth flight test of a SpaceX Starship launch vehicle. Ship 34 and Booster 15 are expected to fly on this test flight. [2] [3] It is expected to be the second flight of a Block 2 ship. After Flight 6, Elon Musk stated that flight 8 could be the first 'catch' of the Ship should flight 7's landing be successful ...
The SpaceX boss said the next Starship launch, which is expected to take place in early May, will focus on bringing the craft back to Earth safely from orbit for the first time. ... — Elon Musk ...
SpaceX is set to launch its Starship craft on Thursday, 16 January, after weather delayed its critical test of the world’s biggest rocket. The 123-metre-tall rocket, which Elon Musk hopes to use ...
The rapid test schedule forms part of SpaceX’s goal of demonstrating a “significant number” of successful Starship launches in order to ready it for the first crewed missions.
Starship flight test 6 was the sixth flight test of a SpaceX Starship launch vehicle. The prototype vehicles flown were the Ship 31 upper stage and first stage Booster 13 . [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The flight test started on November 19, 2024, at 22:00:00 UTC (4:00 pm CST , local time at the launch site).
The static fire test comes just 11 days after SpaceX succeeded in launching Starship into orbit for the first time, in what was the third major flight test for the rocket since April 2023.