Elon Musk’s SpaceX launched a super-heavy Starship rocket from the Boca Chica launch site in Texas on its second attempt. Starship is the most powerful rocket in the world and Musk plans to use it to fly to the Moon and Mars in the future.
The one-hour time window opened at 09:28 EST (16:28 UTC).
SpaceX is broadcasting live on its YouTube channel to more than 900,000 viewers.
This is the second attempt to launch Starship. SpaceX’s first super-heavy rocket launch was supposed to take place on April 17, but it was canceled just during final preparations. The reason was a technical error – the pressure valve “froze”.
The launch vehicle is scheduled to reach suborbital velocity, make an incomplete orbit around Earth, and return to the atmosphere in the Hawaiian Islands region, where it will land approximately one and a half hours after liftoff. The flight is carried out in an unmanned mode.
The total height of the Starship reaches 120 m, the ship is capable of carrying up to 150 tons of cargo with reusable use. The rocket system includes a spaceship and a super-heavy aircraft carrier. This is a reusable transportation system that is capable of taking people and cargo to low Earth orbit, the Moon, and Mars.
Musk himself has already assumed that Starship will take people to Mars in the next decade.
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