SpaceX is about to launch Starship for its 10th test flight

SpaceX’s large Starship rocket is scheduled to carry off from the corporate’s Texas launch website 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 shall be livestreamed on the web site and on X, with a webcast beginning half-hour earlier than launch. The climate is wanting iffy for launch, although, so do not be shocked if this one will get postponed; SpaceX mentioned on Saturday that circumstances had been wanting solely 45 p.c favorable. In keeping with , the corporate has backup alternatives on August 25 and 26.

Flight 10 follows a sequence 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 hearth take a look at of its six Raptor engines. If all goes in keeping with plan for Flight 10, Starship will deploy eight dummy Starlink satellites and carry out “a number of experiments centered on enabling Starship’s higher stage to return to the launch website.” It will not truly be returning to the launch website this time, although. The take a look at is anticipated to final a little bit over an hour, and finish with a splashdown within the Indian Ocean.