Starship’s Next Test Flight Launching in 4 Weeks | Aero-News Network
Aero-News Network
RSS icon RSS feed
podcast icon MP3 podcast
Subscribe Aero-News e-mail Newsletter Subscribe

Airborne Unlimited -- Most Recent Daily Episodes

Episode Date

Airborne-Monday

Airborne-Tuesday

Airborne-Wednesday Airborne-Thursday

Airborne-Friday

Airborne On YouTube

Airborne-Unlimited-10.28.24

Airborne-NextGen-10.29.24

Airborne-Unlimited-10.30.24

Airborne-FlightTraining-10.31.24

Airborne-Unlimited-11.01.24

Tue, Jul 09, 2024

Starship’s Next Test Flight Launching in 4 Weeks

SpaceX’s Fifth Test Flight Will Launch from Starbase

SpaceX’s Starship will launch in four weeks according to SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk. Musk, who also owns social media platform X, posted there on July 5, "Flight 5 in 4 weeks."

The approximate two-month turnaround after its last flight June 6 is faster than the previous launch interval for Starship. That’s because Flight 4 went entirely according to plan so there were fewer technical issues to resolve and no FAA mishap investigation or regulatory approval were required. So the limiting factor determining the timing of Flight 5 is fixing the remaining technical issues.

Starship is a two stage vehicle consisting of the 235-foot tall first-stage Super Heavy booster and the 165-foot tall second-stage Starship, referred to simply as Ship. The upcoming flight will launch from SpaceX’s Starbase near Brownsville, Texas, and will feature the first time Super Heavy is planned to execute a pinpoint landing back on its launch pad, assisted by the arms of the launch tower. 

Both stages are designed for reuse so a return landing of Ship will be incorporated into a future flight.

The previous four test flights have performed better on each successive flight. In the last flight the two sections separated on time and came down as planned, with splashdowns of Ship in the Indian Ocean and Super Heavy in the Gulf of Mexico.

Starship is designed for launching missions to Earth orbit, the Moon, and Mars.

FMI:  www.space.com/ , www.spacex.com/vehicles/starship/    

Advertisement

More News

ANN FAQ: Turn On Post Notifications

Make Sure You NEVER Miss A New Story From Aero-News Network Do you ever feel like you never see posts from a certain person or page on Facebook or Instagram? Here’s how you c>[...]

Aero-News: Quote of the Day (10.29.24)

“This is an outstanding accomplishment by our Roc and Mission Operations team. We know Roc and our team are ready to meet this demand, so it’s now a matter of testing a>[...]

ANN's Daily Aero-Term (10.29.24): Say Altitude

Say Altitude Used by ATC to ascertain an aircraft's specific altitude/flight level. When the aircraft is climbing or descending, the pilot should state the indicated altitude round>[...]

Airborne 10.30.24: ArkanSTOL Suspended, Stratolaunch Expands, Artemus III

Also: Boeing To Sell Off Space Biz?, Naval Aviator Honors, Prop Accident, More B-21s? The ArkanSTOL executive team announced that its annual event and competition would be suspende>[...]

Aero-News: Quote of the Day (10.30.24)

“You can see the darkness of space, the curvature of the Earth, the fragile planet below... “I had zero sensation of speed... It felt like I was falling in a void. I ha>[...]

blog comments powered by Disqus



Advertisement

Advertisement

Podcasts

Advertisement

© 2007 - 2024 Web Development & Design by Pauli Systems, LC