Starship | Flight 9
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Launch Window
May 27, 2025, 11:30 p.m. - May 28, 2025, 12:30 a.m.
May 27, 2025, 11:30 p.m. - May 28, 2025, 12:30 a.m.
9th test flight of the two-stage Starship launch vehicle.
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NET May 27.
GO for launch.
Tweaked launch window.
Hold at T-40s.
Liftoff.
Second development version of the Starship reusable two-stage super heavy-lift launch vehicle.
See DetailsSuper Heavy Booster 14-2 did not made a planned splashdown near the launch site after disintegrating at landing burn start-up.
Result: Booster 14 did not land successfully.Ship 35 (S35) is the 2nd stage vehicle used for the ninth Starship flight test. It is the third "Block 2" Starship spacecraft with lengthened propellant tanks and forward flaps with a new design, among other enhancements. The spacecraft lost attitude control during its sub-orbital flight and burnt up during re-entry.
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 has now completed the first-ever static fire of a flown Super Heavy Booster, Booster… The post Booster 14 Completes Milestone Static Fire Ahead of Flight 9 appeared first on NASASpaceFlight.com.
"The first Super Heavy reuse will be a step towards our goal of zero-touch reflight."
SpaceX continues to build and test Starships, with a current fleet of four boosters undergoes… The post As Ship 35 Static Fires, SpaceX has a Fleet a Vehicles Getting Ready for Flight appeared first on NASASpaceFlight.com.
SpaceX is a step closer to winning regulatory approval for its next Starship test flight, a critical launch after the previous two failed. The post FAA license update brings SpaceX closer to next Starship launch appeared first on SpaceNew…
The Starship program is entering a critical period as Flight 9 preparations continue for a… The post Starship program at critical moment as Flight 9 and infrastructure work in focus appeared first on NASASpaceFlight.com.
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