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  • SpaceX soars with flawless Starship hop, Starlink launch five hours apart

    SpaceX soars with flawless Starship hop, Starlink launch five hours apart

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    SpaceX has successfully launched a Falcon 9 rocket with 60 Starlink satellites and hopped a Starship prototype just five hours apart. Right on schedule, Falcon 9 booster B1060 brought several days of delays to a welcome end, lifting off from Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A (Pad 39A) at 8:48 am EDT (UTC-4). Nine minutes…

  • SpaceX kicks off orbital Starship launch pad construction in Texas

    SpaceX kicks off orbital Starship launch pad construction in Texas

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    CEO Elon Musk has confirmed that SpaceX is currently well in the process of building an orbital-class Starship launch pad in Boca Chica, Texas. After much ado about a multi-day fan skirmish over whether a new SpaceX construct was meant for a water tower or launch pad, then the debate can eventually be brought to…

  • SpaceX’s first high-altitude Starship gets ready to prove itself

    SpaceX’s first high-altitude Starship gets ready to prove itself

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    SpaceX has begun outfitting its first high-altitude Starship prototype with the basis of functional aerodynamic flaps, potentially paving the way for the ship’s first crucial proof test(s) in the near future. SpaceX Boca Chica's Starship family continues to grow in size! Elon wasn't joking when he said "high production rate allows for fast iteration". We're…

  • SpaceX Super Heavy ‘high bay’ construction begins in South Texas

    SpaceX Super Heavy ‘high bay’ construction begins in South Texas

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    After several weeks of preparations, SpaceX has begun assembling the massive ‘high bay’ it will use to stack and outfit Starship’s massive Super Heavy boosters. Over the last six or so months, SpaceX has been hard at work expanding and upgrading its Boca Chica, Texas Starship factory, part of which has included building multiple ‘high…

  • SpaceX’s first Starship flight (re)scheduled for next week

    SpaceX’s first Starship flight (re)scheduled for next week

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    SpaceX’s full-scale Starship prototype could become the first to take flight just a week or so from now if a Raptor engine evaluation goes as planned early next week. Known as Starship serial number 5 (SN5), SpaceX teams are currently in the process of completing the installation of Raptor SN27 and preparing the gigantic steel…

  • SpaceX Super Heavy booster assembly to start “this week,” says Elon Musk

    SpaceX Super Heavy booster assembly to start “this week,” says Elon Musk

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    CEO Elon Musk states that SpaceX is on course to begin generating Starship’s first Super Heavy booster model later “this week” as well as revealed plans to jump that booster in the very close to future. Taller than an whole two-stage Falcon 9 or Falcon Heavy rocket, Super Heavy is going to be the biggest…

  • SpaceX Starlink, Starship programs crush funding goals, raise $2 billion

    SpaceX Starlink, Starship programs crush funding goals, raise $2 billion

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    On the heels of a successful ~$350 million fundraising round, SpaceX has crushed its own expectations of a second, far more ambitious fundraiser, likely ensuring stable Starship and Starlink development for years to come. First reported by Bloomberg on July 23rd, SpaceX’s second investment round of 2020 initially pursued $1 billion in funding, boosting the…

  • SpaceX Starship prototype kicks of gauntlet of tests for the fifth time

    SpaceX Starship prototype kicks of gauntlet of tests for the fifth time

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    Hours after a successful Falcon 9 launch, a SpaceX Starship prototype has kicked off a challenging gauntlet of tests for the fifth time in hopes of becoming the first to take flight. Five days after the ~30m (~100 ft) tall steel rocket was transported from the factory to the launch pad, SpaceX has fully integrated…

  • SpaceX Starship event expected this September, says Elon Musk

    SpaceX Starship event expected this September, says Elon Musk

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    SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has implied he will continue the tradition of hosting an Starship upgrade event this season, probably presenting on the progress the company has made at its South Texas rocket factory. Beginning in Guadalajara, Mexico at the September 2016 International Astronautical Congress (IAC), Musk has presented a comprehensive update on the status…

  • SpaceX’s orbital Starship launch debut could still happen this year

    SpaceX’s orbital Starship launch debut could still happen this year

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    Despite the spectacular demise of a full-scale prototype just days ago, a senior SpaceX engineer and executive believes that Starship could still be ready for its first orbital launch attempt before the end of the year. Even if the first launch attempt fails, that milestone – if realized – would be one of the single…