The 394-foot-tall rocket could finally take flight on April 20. A frozen valve scrambled the first launch attempt on Monday.
a frozen valve caused pressurization issues in the Super Heavy booster, forcing the scrub. Aside from that, launch preparations appeared to go smoothly at SpaceX’s Starbase facility in Boca Chica, Texas. Hopefully SpaceX will have resolved the valve problem by ThursdayFor the inaugural launch of Starship, the 394-foot-tall megarocket will, in a mission that’s expected to last for 90 minutes.
The Super Heavy booster will fall into the Gulf of Mexico some eight minutes after taking flight, while the Starship upper stage will travel as far as Hawaii, ending with a violent splash down in the Pacific Ocean roughly 62 miles northwest of Kauai.It’s a critically important first test of the fully integrated rocket, which SpaceX will use to transport crews, spacecraft, satellites, and cargo to various locations in the solar system.
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