SpaceX Launches Super Heavy-Starship on Sixth Test Flight Written 20 November 2024
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SpaceX launches Starship on 6th test flight, November 19, 2024. | Credit: Spaceflight Now; YouTube; framegrab
Spaceflight Now reports, “SpaceX launched the world’s most powerful rocket on its sixth test flight Tuesday, an up-and-down trip to space by a gargantuan Super Heavy-Starship to evaluate a variety of safety and performance upgrades. Shattering the afternoon calm with an ear-splitting roar, the huge 30-foot-wide, 397-foot-tall rocket blasted off from Musk’s sprawling Boca Chica, Texas, manufacturing and test facility on the Gulf Coast near Brownsville at 5 p.m. EST, the opening of a 30-minute launch window.”
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SpaceX launches Starship on 6th test flight, November 19, 2024 (Launch at 1:29:33 mark)
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