Spaceflight Now reports that SpaceX has fully assembled the Starship vehicle for Flight 14 at Starbase, stacking Ship 41 atop Super Heavy booster B21 ahead of a probable fueling demonstration. The mission could launch as early as September 28, but “first SpaceX needs to receive regulatory approval from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).” Ship 41 traveled roughly three miles from the production site before being “lifted by the launch tower’s chopsticks and carefully placed atop” the booster.
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SpaceX’s Starship V3 Reaches Key Milestones Despite Booster Loss
Aviation Week reports, “SpaceX completed a full suborbital flight of the latest version of its Starship-Super Heavy launch vehicle on May 22, achieving several key milestones for ‘Version 3’ even as it lost its first-stage booster shortly into the flight.”
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SpaceX Starship V3 flip and landing burn.
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SpaceX Launches Improved Starship Rocket in Latest Development Milestone
CBS News reports, “SpaceX on Friday pulled off a test launch of its latest Starship megarocket. CBS News space consultant Bill Harwood has the latest.”
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SpaceX launches Starship V3. (Launch at the 6:58 mark)
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Starship V3 Booster Roars to Life in Major SpaceX Test
SPACE reports that SpaceX just took a big step toward its next Starship test flight, firing up all 33 engines of the vehicle’s Super Heavy on the pad in Texas.
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SpaceX Stacks Super Heavy Booster for Starship’s 12th Test Flight
SpaceX recently stacked the giant Super Heavy booster that will help launch the upcoming 12th test flight of the company’s Starship megarocket. SPACE reports, “On Christmas Eve (Dec. 24), the company posted a photo on X of the shiny Super Heavy booster that will conduct Starship Flight 12 standing in a high bay at its Starbase facility in South Texas.”
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Lost Communications Link Caused Landing Abort of SpaceX Super Heavy Booster
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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