SpaceX Preps for Upcoming Test Flight by Firing Up Engines on 6th Starship Written 20 September 2024
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Six engine static fire of Flight 6 Starship. | Credit: SpaceX
SPACE reports, “SpaceX fired up the engines of its sixth Starship vehicle on Wednesday (Sept. 18) to gear up for a test flight that’s probably still several months away. The company performed a “static fire” on Wednesday (Sept. 18) at its Starbase site in South Texas, briefly igniting the six Raptor engines of Ship 31, the upper stage of the vehicle that will conduct the sixth Starship test flight.”
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