The Super Heavy rocket, carrying Elon Musk’s jewel-in-the-crown Starship, will attempt to re-launch from SpaceX’s own Boca Chica Texas launch site at 1:28pm
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has confirmed that the Starship is fully stacked and ready to launch on its maiden orbital flight, possibly as early as next week.
The highly anticipated maiden flight of the world's most powerful rocket could take place on Monday, though SpaceX still has to overcome one particular hurdle.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers informed SpaceX in a letter dated March 7 that its permit application for an expansion of the company s Starbase complex at Boca Chica has been withdrawn due to lack of information.
Next SpaceX Starship High Altitude Test Launch Coming Very Soon
Hey all you space exploration fans: SpaceX s Starship prototype SN11 is on the launch pad at Boca Chica Beach in southern Texas, undergoing work on engines and other components, getting ready for the ship s high altitude test flight which may take place this Sunday, March 21, 2021.
As always, the flight will be contingent on weather, the readiness of the raptor engines, the successful static fire testing of the powerful Raptor engines, as well as all the other components of the craft.
Some sources report that Sunday will be the earliest opportunity in the schedule for the flight, which will top-out at about 10km, or 33,000 feet, followed by the belly flop maneuver and return to the pad for a (hopefully) upright and intact landing.