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In the past, the company has said it could take a few days to do so. However, if SpaceX does fully fuel the towering Starship and Super Heavy booster and then scrub the launch, that could cause additional down time as the company amasses more liquid oxygen and liquid methane propellant for the next try. Officials with Cameron County, the Texas county that includes SpaceX's Starbase facility at Boca Chica beach, have released a beach closure advisory that stated that SpaceX had set aside April 18 and April 19 as backup dates for the launch. If SpaceX cannot launch its Starship test flight on April 20, the company could try again later in the week depending on the nature of the scrub. SpaceX's 1st orbital Starship looks supercool in these fueling test photos Elon Musk says SpaceX could launch a Starship to the moon 'probably sooner' than 2024: report Starship and Super Heavy: SpaceX's Mars-colonizing transportation system So keep a close watch on the SpaceX Twitter feed (opens in new tab) for those updates. If SpaceX does change the launch time before its webcast begins, the company will likely share a new T-0 time via Twitter and other channels as it has done for Falcon 9 rocket launches. CT/1328-1430 GMT).Įxactly when SpaceX will target the launch within that window will depend on the readiness of Starship and Super Heavy, the weather conditions at the launch site and if the launch 'keep-out' zone is clear of ships offshore as a safety precaution. That puts the launch attempt for anytime between 9:28 a.m. But first, SpaceX has to perfect the design, which is what this first flight test will help do.Īccording to SpaceX's mission plan (opens in new tab), Starship and Super Heavy has a 62-minute window in which to lift off from Starbase. NASA has picked Starship to be the moon lander astronauts will use on the Artemis 3 mission in 2025, the first crewed landing on the moon since 1972.

SpaceX aims to use as a fully reusable launch system for missions to the moon and Mars.

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This is the first full flight test of a combined Starship and Super Heavy, which together stand 395 feet tall (120 meters).

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