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The SpaceX floating barge, A Shortfall of Gravitas, returned to port with the Falcon 9 booster onboard on a sunny day in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Oct. 23.
Booster 3 completed stacking in the High Bay on June 29, 2021, [15] and moved to the test stand. [16] A cryogenic proof test was completed on July 13, [17] [18] followed by a static fire test on July 19. BN3/Booster 3 was partially scrapped on August 15, while the liquid oxygen (LOX) tank remained welded to the Test Stand until January 13, 2022 ...
SpaceX’s mega rocket booster returns to the launch pad to be captured during a test flight Sunday, Oct. 13, 2024, in Boca Chica, Texas. AP A still from Starship’s fifth flight test.
Booster 4 was the first vehicle intended to fly on Starship's Flight Test 1. It was the first Super Heavy to be stacked with Starship, [83] and conducted multiple cryogenic tests before being retired in favor of Booster 7 and Ship 24. [84] Booster 7 being tested on the orbital launch pad at Starbase, Boca Chica, Texas in February 2023.
After stage separation, B1060 performed its first return-to-launch-site landing. [20] [21] [22] The booster opened a busy 2023 with the launch of its second ridesharing mission, Transporter-6, releasing 114 payloads into sun-synchronous orbit. [23] SpaceX uploaded a sped-up onboard video of the booster's launch and landing on this mission. [24]
SpaceX achieved an incredible engineering feat on Sunday. The company launched the fifth test flight of its Starship rocket.. After liftoff, the Super Heavy booster returned to the launchpad in a ...
The rocket's first stage "Super Heavy" booster lifted off at 7:25 a.m. CT (1225 GMT) from SpaceX's Boca Chica, Texas launch facilities, sending the Starship second stage rocket toward space before ...
Falcon 9 booster B1048 was a reusable orbital-class Block 5 Falcon 9 first-stage booster manufactured by SpaceX. B1048 was the third Falcon 9 Block 5 to fly and the second Block 5 booster to re-fly. It became the second orbital-class booster to fly a third time and is the first booster ever to be launched five times.