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SpaceX will debut Starship V3 for its first test flight today
Fri, May 22 · 12:09 PM UTC
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Is planned launch on Thursday was scrubbed due to a technical issue.
Key facts
Its Super Heavy's 33 Raptor 3 engines can deliver a combined thrust of over 18 million pounds, allowing the spacecraft to carry heavier payloads
SpaceX is targeting a launch window that opens at 6:30PM Eastern time today, May 22, for the Starship V3's debut flight
Both the Super Heavy and Ship stages are equipped with the company's more powerful Raptor 3 engines, which can deliver "increased thrust
The company said that since it's the "first flight test of a significantly redesigned vehicle," it will be landing Super Heavy at an offshore location in the Gulf of Mexico (renamed the Gulf
Summary
SpaceX is targeting a launch window that opens at 6:30PM Eastern time today, May 22, for the Starship V3's debut flight. The V3 version of Starship is approximately five feet taller than the previous iteration and features several significant upgrades. " Its Super Heavy's 33 Raptor 3 engines can deliver a combined thrust of over 18 million pounds, allowing the spacecraft to carry heavier payloads. For this flight test, SpaceX simply aims to demonstrate its new hardware for the first time. As for the upper-stage Ship, the company will attempt to deploy the 20 Starlink satellite simulators and two modified Starlink satellites it's carrying.
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