Watch SpaceX attempt a historic Starship launch and double-catch landing today (Nov. 13)
SpaceX plans to launch its Starship megarocket on an unprecedented double-catch mission today (Nov. 13), and you can watch the action live.
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SpaceX plans to launch its Starship megarocket on an unprecedented mission today (Nov. 13), and you can watch the action live.
Starship is scheduled to launch on its 15th test flight today from SpaceX's Starbase site in South Texas, during a 75-minute window that opens at 5:45 p.m. EST (2245 GMT; 4:45 p.m. local Texas time). SpaceX plans to bring both of Starship's stages back to Starbase for a catch by the launch tower's "chopstick" arms — something it has never done before.
You can watch it all live here at Space.com. And there should be a lot to see: Starship Flight 15 will last more than 22 hours, if all goes according to plan.
Starship consists of two elements: a huge booster known as Super Heavy and an upper-stage spacecraft called Starship, or Ship for short. Both are designed to be fully and rapidly reusable — a first in the world of orbital spaceflight.
Taken from Space.com's own summary of the story.
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