Significantly, the company got great success in the fifth Test flight. The Super Heavy Buster came back to the launch site after flying during the October 13 Test flight. While the Upper Stage continued its flight and completed the controlled landing in the Indian Ocean.
According to the Spacedotcom report, after the fifth Test flight, Spacex received data for the necessary improvement in the hardware and software of the starship rocket. The rocket is being tested once again, implementing those changes. According to the plan, we will once again see the upper stage of the starship coming to the landing site 7 minutes after the lift off. At the same time, the upper stage of the rocket will be sampled in the Gulf of Mexico. This can be seen live on the X handle and website of launch spacex.
What’s starship?
Starship is a reusable rocket. It has two parts mainly. The first is- passenger carry section means in which passengers will remain, while the second is a super heavy rocket booster. Its length is about 394 feet (120 meters) by combining starships and boosters. While the weight is 50 million kg. According to the information, the Starship rocket is capable of generating a thrust of 1.6 million pounds (70 MW). This is almost twice as much more than NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket.
The starship was first tested in April 2023. Since then, it has passed through the Test flight five times. Alan Musak wants to make astronauts directly from the earth or Moon to Mars by making a rocket like starship.
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