The coming static fire is one of the last boxes to check before Starship's first orbital test flight.
Earlier this month, SpaceX stacked the Ship 24 upper-stage prototype atop the Booster 7 Super Heavy variant at Starbase, the company's South Texas facility. And on Monday , the company performed a
with the duo, practicing many launch-day procedures — including loading the vehicles' tanks with more than 10 million pounds of supercold liquid oxygen and liquid methane propellant. The Starship destacking on Jan. 25, 2023 paves the way for an unprecedented 33-engine test fire with the vehicle's Booster 7 first stage.
Monday's test was a huge milestone for Ship 24 and Booster 7, which SpaceX is prepping for an orbital test flight that could lift off. But the wet dress rehearsal wasn't the final box to check, as Wednesday's activities showed. "Launch and catch tower destacked Ship 24 from Booster 7 on the orbital pad today ahead of the Booster's static fire test," SpaceXThe Starbase tower, which is about 469 feet tall, will help returning Super Heavy boosters settle gently atop the orbital launch mount after liftoff, which explains the"and catch" part of its name.
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