SpaceX Conducts Static-Fire Test of Starship SN9 Prototype Written 7 January 2021

SPACE reports that SpaceX Starship SN9 prototype’s “three engines lit up for about one second today (Jan. 6) at 5:07 p.m. EST (2200 GMT) during a static-fire test at SpaceX’s South Texas facilities.” SpaceX “is prepping the vehicle for a test flight that’s expected to be similar” to that of its predecessor – the SN8. On December 9, the SN8 completed the first high-altitude hop of a Starship prototype, reaching an altitude 7.8 miles, before exploding during the landing attempt.
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