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- Testing has moved on. Original summary: SpaceX plans to fly a Starship prototype to a height of 150 meters on July 13 or the following days
SpaceX doesn't have a public test plan, but they need to close a public road to fire the engines, and road closures need to be announced in advance - including their reason. In the next days SpaceX plans a static fire (engine fires but the spacecraft is fixed to the ground), and Monday next week (the following days are backup dates) they plan to fly up to 150 meters high. Tweet. As usual: The test might get delayed, cancelled, or the vehicle might disintegrate before. If not, we can get the first free flight of a "real" Starship prototype. Starhopper flew to 150 meters before but it was a much more primitive prototype - walls so thick that it would never make it to space, for example. SN5 doesn't have the payload section attached but that is largely more of the same and it doesn't need to withstand the high pressure the tanks have.
Edit: Cancelled for now. They are working on the hardware.
Edit 2: Maybe with one week delay (Week of 20-26).
Edit: Cancelled for now. They are working on the hardware.
Edit 2: Maybe with one week delay (Week of 20-26).
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