SpaceX’s Starship program has reached a major milestone ahead of its historic launch with a static fire test of Booster 7, successfully firing 31 of the booster’s 33 engines for the full planned duration.
The test aimed to validate numerous systems, not least the Ground Support Equipment (GSE), which has never previously had to cater to the power of this many Raptor 2 engines firing simultaneously.
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