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SpaceX will attempt to “catch” the biggest rocket ever built in a world-first manoeuvre next month, Elon Musk has revealed. The fifth major Starship flight test will be the most ambitious yet ...
The flight was the first without engine failures, and the first successful tower catch. [115] SpaceX launched Starship on its sixth flight test on 19 November 2024. [116] The booster aborted the catch attempt, while the ship conducted a relight in space. [117] [118]
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The goals for the test flight were for the Super Heavy booster to land on a 'virtual tower' in the ocean. [103] Super Heavy achieved a soft splashdown, [104] before being destroyed after tipping over. [105] [106] In April 2024, Musk stated one of the goals was to attempt a booster tower landing based on successful booster performance in flight 4.
It will once again try to catch Starship's booster rocket with its "Mechazilla" launch tower. Reports suggest that President-elect Trump may join Elon Musk for the launch.
Starship flight test 4 was the fourth flight test of the SpaceX Starship launch vehicle. SpaceX performed the flight test on June 6, 2024. The prototype vehicles flown were the Starship Ship 29 upper-stage and Super Heavy Booster 11 .
SpaceX to attempt booster catch, Starlink satellite deployment test. The Starship vehicle rolled out to the launch site is a new-and-improved spacecraft featuring upgrades to its upper stage and ...
When stacked and fully fueled, Starship has a mass of approximately 5,000 t (11,000,000 lb), [c] a diameter of 9 m (30 ft) [17] and a height of 121.3 m (398 ft). [6] The rocket has been designed with the goal of being fully reusable to reduce launch costs; [18] it consists of the Super Heavy booster and the Starship upper stage [19] which are powered by Raptor and Raptor Vacuum engines.