The test flight will launch from South Texas, head over the Gulf of Mexico and ultimately splash down near Hawaii.
Booster 7's 33 Raptor methane-liquid oxygen engines are planned to shut down 169 seconds into the flight and separate from Ship 24 three seconds later, according to. Booster 7 will restart a select few of its engines to bring it back toward Texas, ultimately splashing down approximately 20 miles off the coast in the Gulf of Mexico about eight minutes after launch.
The Starship upper stage's six Raptor engines, meanwhile, will start up after 177 seconds, or just under three minutes into the flight, continuing the vehicle's journey eastward. Those engines will burn for about 6.5 minutes, shutting down 560 seconds into the flight. Ship 24 will not complete a full orbit of Earth, but it will reach what is being termed orbital velocity — for low Earth orbit, about 17,500 mph — at an altitude of approximately 150 miles, if all goes according to plan.. If all goes well, it will splash down approximately 62 miles off the northwest coast of Kauai, part of the Hawaiian archipelago.
This splashdown is scheduled to occur 90 minutes after liftoff from Boca Chica. The test flight aims to provide lots of valuable information for SpaceX as it looks to get Starship fully operational.
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