The Starship spacecraft, after an orbit around the Earth, must land in the Indian Ocean.
Elon Musk’s SpaceX conducted the first successful test launch of the super-heavy 120-meter Super Heavy launch vehicle with the Starship spacecraft from a site in Boca Chica in Texas. The company announced this on Twitter (X) on Thursday, March 14th.
The launch took place at 09:25 US East Coast time (15:25 Kyiv time). The Starship was launched into orbit for the first time. After an orbit around the Earth, it should land in the Indian Ocean. But there is no information yet if it has been successfully done.
Starship Liftoff! pic.twitter.com/FaNcasuKaq
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) March 14, 2024
The Starship’s Raptor engines ignited during hot-staging separation. Super Heavy performs the flip maneuver pic.twitter.com/T593ACilyD
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) March 14, 2024
Starship travels through space pic.twitter.com/ZFUXMUfW
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) March 14, 2024
The Starship re-enters Earth’s atmosphere. Views through plasma pic.twitter.com/HEQX4eEHWH
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) March 14, 2024
We remind you that in 2023, two previous attempts to launch the Starship ended in failure. But the information received helped SpaceX avoid mistakes in the third launch.
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