Starship Next Launch: World’s heaviest rocket ‘Starship’ is ready to fly once again. If everything goes as planned, it can be tested again in the next few weeks. The 400-foot-high Starship has undergone four tests so far. After initial failures, it showed promise and was almost successful in its fourth test. Elon Musk’s company SpaceX has high hopes from this rocket. In the future, it may have the ability to take astronauts to the Moon and Mars.
SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk has said that the fifth test of Starship is also going to happen soon. He said in a post on X, 5th flight in the next four weeks.
What is Starship Rocket
Starship is a reusable rocket. It mainly has two parts. The first is the passenger carry section, i.e. in which the passengers will stay, while the second is the super heavy rocket booster. The length of Starship and booster combined is 394 feet (120 meters). While the weight is 5 million kilograms. According to the information, the Starship rocket is capable of generating a thrust of 16 million pounds (70 meganewtons). This is almost twice more than NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket.
The rocket has been tested four times so far
Starship has been tested four times so far. It was first tested in April 2023. Then in November. It was tested for the third and fourth time on March 14 and June 6 this year. All launches were done from SpaceX’s launch site Starbase in South Texas.
Improvement has been seen in it after every test. For example, during the most recent test, the Super Heavy and the ship separated from each other on time and returned to Earth as planned. They landed in the Gulf of Mexico and the Indian Ocean.
