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SpaceX goes for a Starship double catch
Astronomy Magazine · By Brooks Mendenhall ·
The Brief · written from 2 sources
- SpaceX is targeting Friday, November 13, for the 15th test flight of its Starship megarocket, Starship Flight 15.
- The flight will attempt a double catch, which Space.com reports has never been done before.
- Astronomy Magazine reports a separate SpaceX target: a Falcon 9 launch of the classified U.S. Space Force mission USSF-627 from Vandenberg Space Force Base, scheduled for Monday, November 9, at 10:03 p.m. EST.
Why it matters
If the double catch succeeds, it would demonstrate a new recovery technique for Starship hardware, which bears on how reusable heavy-lift rockets are developed and operated.
Who’s affected
- space engineers and launch-industry professionals
- readers following reusable rocket development
- Starship Flight 15
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- #starship
- #rocket launch
- #reusability
- #spaceflight
Rocket launches this week On Monday, Nov. 9, SpaceX is targeting 10:03 p.m. EST to launch USSF-627 on a Falcon 9 from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The mission is a classified payload for the U.S. Space Force. The booster will aim for…
Timeline
SpaceX targets 10:03 p.m. EST launch of USSF-627 on Falcon 9 from Vandenberg
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