Starship will attempt a controlled reentry as well as the first re-light of a Raptor engine. It could fly again next week.
SpaceX’s massive Starship rocket didn’t quite reach orbit on its second attempt in November last year. in April, though. This was thanks to several design changes, including a vented interstage that allowed for a hot-staging separation.
The hope is that flight test 3, or IFT-3, will fly higher, allowing the rocket’s upper stage to insert itself into orbit. “We normally wouldn’t have that liquid oxygen if we had a payload,” Musk said during a company update posted on X on January 12. “So, ironically, if it had had a payload, it would have reached orbit.”
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