Key points:
- Elon Musk has said his space-tech firm, SpaceX is eyeing a Starship rocket system launch in March this year.
- Musk announced this through a Tweet in response to a user’s query pertaining to the Starship program
- The tweet said, “If remaining tests go well, we will attempt a Starship launch next month.”
Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX, announced on Twitter that the company plans to launch its Starship rocket system in March, assuming all remaining tests are successful. The tweet read, “If all tests go well, we plan to attempt a starship launch next month.”
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Will SpaceX’s Starship aspirations soon become a reality?
In January, Elon Musk hinted that the prospects for a March launch of SpaceX’s starship rocket system are highly favourable. The company has been actively working towards a potential launch in February, which would be a significant milestone in their efforts to achieve the orbital launch of the enormous starship. This test flight is a crucial step towards their ultimate goal of sending NASA astronauts to the moon.
Sneak peek at Elon Musk’s futuristic Spaceship
The excitement surrounding SpaceX’s starship has been growing steadily in recent months, and for good reason. The starship is poised to be the largest spacecraft capable of transporting humans to various destinations in space. Although it’s worth noting that the International Space Station (ISS) is larger, it was constructed in orbit by assembling multiple modules launched by various spacecraft.
The starship is a two-part system, comprising the starship spacecraft and the Super Heavy rocket. The Super Heavy rocket component will lift the starship to an altitude of approximately 65 kilometres, where it will separate and make a controlled descent back to Earth. The starship spacecraft will then use its own engines to continue its journey into orbit. The Starship component of the system has gone through a number of brief test flights, with different levels of success. The forthcoming voyage, however, will be the first time the entire system will be deployed to travel into space together. This first orbital trip was expected to take off in September 2022 but has been postponed many times since then.
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