SpaceX Prepares to Send Starship to Orbit Next Week
SpaceX is preparing to launch Starship on September 22 for orbital testing and Starlink satellite deployment, with a landing planned in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Chile.
Translated by Qiyas from الراي — Original source
SpaceX announced that it is preparing to launch the next test flight of the Starship vehicle on September 22, a mission expected to place the vehicle in orbit for the first time and deploy the Starlink V3 satellites.
The fourteenth test flight of Starship will represent a major leap in the rocket’s development compared to its last test in July, which sent the vehicle on a suborbital trajectory into space before returning it to Earth without completing a full orbital revolution.
The company plans to place Starship in Earth orbit, a significant achievement that will allow it to test the vehicle on a longer-duration flight and deploy the first batch of Starlink V3 satellites.
The mission, pending regulatory approval, is expected to last approximately 10 hours. Starship will fly at an altitude of roughly 275 kilometers above Earth and complete about six orbital revolutions before landing in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Chile.
