SpaceX is about to launch Starship for its tenth take a look at flight

SpaceX’s huge Starship rocket is scheduled to elevate off from the corporate’s Texas launch web site as quickly as this night for its tenth flight. The launch window opens at 7:30PM ET (6:30PM CT). As at all times, the flight take a look at might be livestreamed on the web site and on X, with a webcast beginning half-hour earlier than launch. The climate is trying iffy for launch, although, so do not be stunned if this one will get postponed; SpaceX stated on Saturday that circumstances have been trying solely 45 p.c favorable. In response to , the corporate has backup alternatives on August 25 and 26.

Flight 10 follows a collection of failures this yr throughout SpaceX’s , and take a look at flights. And in June, a Starship vehicle exploded on the bottom throughout preparations for a static fireplace take a look at of its six Raptor engines. If all goes in line with plan for Flight 10, Starship will deploy eight dummy Starlink satellites and carry out “a number of experiments targeted on enabling Starship’s higher stage to return to the launch web site.” It will not truly be returning to the launch web site this time, although. The take a look at is predicted to final somewhat over an hour, and finish with a splashdown within the Indian Ocean.