Aviation Week reports, “SpaceX passed on attempting to bring the Super Heavy booster that launched a Starship spacecraft Nov. 19 back to its launch tower due to a communications glitch. The company had hoped to repeat its unprecedented Oct. 19 booster catch during its Nov. 19 flight test from Boca Chica Beach, Texas.”
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SpaceX Launches Super Heavy-Starship on Sixth Test Flight
Spaceflight Now reports, “SpaceX launched the world’s most powerful rocket on its sixth test flight Tuesday, an up-and-down trip to space by a gargantuan Super Heavy-Starship to evaluate a variety of safety and performance upgrades. Shattering the afternoon calm with an ear-splitting roar, the huge 30-foot-wide, 397-foot-tall rocket blasted off from Musk’s sprawling Boca Chica, Texas, manufacturing and test facility on the Gulf Coast near Brownsville at 5 p.m. EST, the opening of a 30-minute launch window.”
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SpaceX launches Starship on 6th test flight, November 19, 2024 (Launch at 1:29:33 mark)
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