The company conducted a 60 -second fire test of the upper step of the starship, preparing it for the ninth flight.
Spacex will hold the ninth trial of the Super Heavy Launch vehicle and the Starship Spacecraft created for manned flights to the moon. The start was assigned to 21 and 19:30 on the east coast of the United States. It reports about it Week of aviation.
The launch will take place from the Starbase to Boka-Chika, Texas. According to the plan, Starship should take orbital flight of land within an hour, then return to the launch pad, where it will try to catch the robotic “hands” of the Mechazilla system, or led in the Indian Ocean.
Super heavy, the first step of the rocket, should return to the site immediately after separation from the ship.
Starship + Super Heavy Complex is the strongest available missile system in the world, its height exceeds 120 meters. It is twice as strong as the SLS missile, created by NASA for lunar missions.
The previous launch in March ended with a slight failure: 10 minutes after the start, the ship’s connection disappeared, and it fell into the ocean. At the same time, the extremely heavy carrier has successfully reached and caught the Mechazilla system.
Earlier, Spacex received a major approved US regulation authorities to increase the annual number of Starship missile launches from Texas and landing launch vehicles in various reservoirs, allowing the company Space Space to significantly expand the development of massive missions for Mars.
Remember that the American Company Spacex has become a leading provider of services for displaying spacecraft in the interest of the US Department of Defense.
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