The South Texas commercial space company has two objectives with this flight: landing its booster and demonstrating its ability to carry payloads.
SpaceX has confirmed that it will attempt to launch its seventh Starship test flight from South Texas as soon as 4 p.m. Monday. The commercial space company announced the date Wednesday after weeks of speculation about the launch’s timing. It’s got two objectives for this flight: a second booster landing and a demonstration the giant rocket’s ability to deploy payloads to space.
In a first, next Starship to deploy 10 Starlink satellite mock-ups to space Footage of crews loading the payload appeared online Tuesday night. Starlink is SpaceX’s satellite communications network, which provides internet access to more than 4.6 million people around the world. There’s also a military variant called Starshield and talk of expanding the network to the moon and Mars. SpaceX has said Starship will be an important part of increasing the pace of Starlink deployment.
Pentagon expands Ukraine’s access to SpaceX’s Starshield, a system more difficult for Russia to hack The flight will be the first for an upgraded version of the Starship that’s slightly larger than its predecessors and has redesigned forward flaps, propulsion systems and avionics. The Coast Guard has posted its Notice to Mariners about the upcoming launch. Cameron County and Federal Aviation Administration notices about the launch should be forthcoming.
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