Now it’s time for Starship to take off again, aiming to splash down in the Indian Ocean on its way back from its fourth launch to demonstrate the rocket’s reusability.
SpaceX plans to conduct the fourth test flight of its new Starship prototype on Thursday, June 6. According to reports, the giant rocket is scheduled to lift off from SpaceX’s Starbase facility in Boca Chica, Texas, starting at 8 a.m. ET within a 120-minute launch window. Space Exploration Technologies Corporation.
The launch will be broadcast live on SpaceX websiteand through the company’s account The live broadcast is expected to begin at 7:30 a.m. Eastern Time. A number of third-party providers offer live streaming, which you can find below.
company received It received a launch permit from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Tuesday, allowing it to launch the 400-foot-tall (122-meter) giant rocket for the fourth time.
The first two flights of the starship were carried out in April 20 and November 18 Last year’s launches didn’t go exactly as planned, with the rocket exploding over the Gulf of Mexico each time.
this The last time a rocket took off On March 14, Starship achieved some results Important milestone for third flight. The rocket successfully performed stage separation, a full burn of the second stage engine, an internal propellant transfer demonstration for NASA, and a test of the Starlink distributor door. The mission lasted 1 hour and 49 minutes before the upper stage disintegrated into pieces upon re-entry.
For Starship’s fourth fully integrated test flight, SpaceX is shifting its focus from launching the rocket into orbit to being able to return its two stages to Earth. The main objectives of the test flight include performing a landing burn and soft splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico using the Super Heavy booster and achieving a controlled re-entry of the Starship.
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said: “The main goal of this mission is to penetrate deep into the atmosphere during re-entry, preferably through maximum heating.” wrote on X.
SpaceX is vigorously developing Starship to send humans to the moon as NASA’s planned Artemis 3 mission, It is currently planned for September 2026.
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