SpaceX The company recently fired up the engines of its latest Starship spacecraft in preparation for a test flight scheduled for within the next few weeks.
The company is building a 165-foot (50-meter) tall Starship The upper stage opened on Friday afternoon (July 26th) at the Starbase facility near the South Texas city of Brownsville. photograph and video This was posted by SpaceX on Saturday (July 27th).
Static ignitions (brief ignition of the engine while the rocket is fixed on a launch pad or test stand) are a common pre-launch test. SpaceX Preparations for Starship’s flight are certainly underway, with a static launch having been conducted with the spacecraft’s companion first stage. July 15.
SpaceX conducted a test launch on July 26, 2024, ahead of a test flight of its Starship upper stage spacecraft. (Image courtesy of SpaceX)
It is unclear when Flight 5 will launch. On July 5, SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk The company has said Starship will fly again “within four weeks,” suggesting a target date of on or around this Friday (August 2), but the company now appears to be aiming for late August or early September. According to media reports.
