Thursday 6.6.2024
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Last updated 9:24
Thursday sees the launch of the fourth Starship mission, a fully reusable launch system and spacecraft developed by SpaceX as a private spaceflight project.
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It is the most powerful launch vehicle ever made by Elon Musk's company, and will begin its takeoff at 9:45 am (Argentine time).
You can follow directly on SpaceX official website Or in NASA Spaceflight YouTube channel.
The vehicle includes a Starship spacecraft on top and a rocket booster known as the Super Heavy. It will launch from the company's Starbase facility in Boca Chica, Texas.
The Federal Aviation Administration, which licenses commercial rocket launches, gave SpaceX approval for the flight test on Tuesday and said the company “met all safety and other licensing requirements for this rocket flight.”
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This operation is in addition to the successful operation carried out by Boeing on Wednesday, which launched a manned CST-100 Starliner capsule.
The authorization, which SpaceX received for this Thursday, comes after the explosion that occurred on April 20 in a “rapid unplanned breakup.”