Starship | Flight 7
Launch Failure
Ship 33 lost all 6 engines gradually late in ascent and was observed to have self-destructed.L - -- : -- : -- : --
Launch Window
Jan. 16, 2025, 10 p.m. - Jan. 16, 2025, 11 p.m.
Jan. 16, 2025, 10 p.m. - Jan. 16, 2025, 11 p.m.
Seventh test flight of the two-stage Starship launch vehicle.
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Delayed to NET January 11.
Delayed to NET January 13 per marine navigation warnings.
GO for launch.
Now targeting Jan 15 at 22:00 UTC
Refined launch window.
Second development version of the Starship reusable two-stage super heavy-lift launch vehicle.
See DetailsThe Superheavy booster No. 14 was successfully caught by the launch pad tower.
Result: Successful Return to Launch Site landing at Orbital Launch Mount A.Ship 33 (S33) was the 2nd stage vehicle used for the seventh Starship flight test. It was also the first "Block 2" Starship spacecraft with lengthened propellant tanks and new designed forward flaps, among other enhancements. It was lost before SECO during ascent.
Starship V2 DetailsSpace Exploration Technologies Corp., known as SpaceX, is an American aerospace manufacturer and space transport services company headquartered in Hawthorne, California. It was founded in 2002 by entrepreneur Elon Musk with the goal of reducing space transportation costs and enabling the colonization of Mars. SpaceX operates from many pads, on the East Coast of the US they operate from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and historic LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center. They also operate from SLC-4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, usually for polar launches. Another launch site is being developed at Boca Chica, Texas.
INFO WIKI
SpaceX Targets Jan 11 2025 For Starship Flight Test 7; NASA High-Tech Gulfstream To Capture Re-Entry
Three weeks after Flight 6, SpaceX has static fired Booster 14 and is preparing to… The post Ship 33 prepares for engine testing, Booster 14 Completes Static Fire appeared first on NASASpaceFlight.com.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has approved SpaceX’s Flight 7 of Starship. The news came… The post FAA gives Flight 7 the Go Ahead, SpaceX to complete final steps ahead of launch appeared first on NASASpaceFlight.com.
The FAA has issued an updated license for the next flight of SpaceX’s Starship vehicle, with a launch likely in the first half of January. The post FAA updates Starship launch license for next flight appeared first on SpaceNews.
SpaceX plans to test several upgrades to its Starship vehicle on its next test flight, scheduled for as soon as Jan. 10. The post SpaceX to test vehicle upgrades and payload deployment on next Starship flight appeared first on SpaceNews.
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