SpaceX continues to build and test Starships, with a current fleet of four boosters undergoing refurbishment and testing, along with numerous Ships. Flight 9 might be only a few weeks away, with Ship 35 having completed engine testing; however, it might not have been a nominal test.
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SpaceX has now completed the first-ever static fire of a flown Super Heavy Booster, Booster…
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CommercialEuropeanInternational
Isar Aerospace completes static fires of Spectrum rocket ahead of first European launch
Isar Aerospace has announced the completion of static fires on both stage one and stage…
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Three weeks after Flight 6, SpaceX has static fired Booster 14 and rolled Ship 33…
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CommercialSpaceX
Successful Static Fire Leads to Final Preparation Before Full Stack
by Aaron McCreaActivities at Starbase are on full throttle as Starship flight five pulls ever closer. Major…
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After Hurricane Beryl passed the Brownsville area without seriously damaging Starbase, preparations for Starship Flight…
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SpaceX preparations for flight 5 of Starship continue to focus on replacing Ship 30’s heat…
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ChineseInternational
China Roundup: Tianlong-3 static fire anomaly, Chang’e 6 sample return, and next-generation rockets
by Adrian BeilThroughout the last few weeks, several events in Chinese spaceflight have created international headlines. After…
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CommercialEuropeanInternational
RFA static fires at SaxaVord Spaceport as other UK spaceports continue to develop
by John SharpRocket Factory Augsburg (RFA), from Augsburg, Germany, appears to have made a significant step toward…
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SpaceX has rolled out Ship 30 to complete its engine testing campaign and has completed…
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SpaceX’s Super Heavy Booster 9 prototype has completed its pre-launch static fire test. This follows…
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Booster 9 has arrived at the Orbital Launch Site ahead of a Static Fire test,…
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Booster 7 resumed its static fire test campaign Monday with a full-duration firing of 14…
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A fully stacked Starship is still set to conduct the next round of tests for…
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Booster 7 – following two single-engine static fire tests on the Orbital Launch Mount (OLM)…
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It was December 29 of last year when Ship 20 performed its fourth and final…
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SpaceX has entered the next phase of preparations to send Starship to orbit. Following the…
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SpaceX’s Starbase is heading into its latest phase of milestones for Starship, with the high…
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CommercialSpaceX
Ship 20 completes milestone RVac Static Fire – Musk cites ambitious path to launch
by Chris BerginShip 20 completed another milestone with Static Fire testing on Thursday evening. Following a preburner…
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The new Raptor factory is now rising out of the ground at SpaceX’s Rocket Development…