SpaceX Starship launch: all of the news on its test flight and that explosive ending
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SpaceX just ran a static fire test of its Super Heavy booster rocket and new flame deflector.
SpaceX just tested the first stage Super Heavy booster and its new flame deflector system for protecting the launch pad from the destruction experienced during the May Starship orbital test flight.
This is in preparation for another Starship flight test. In between touting a fight with Mark Zuckerberg and promising to pay legal bills, Elon Musk has said he believes “we have ~50% probability of reaching orbital velocity, however even getting to stage separation would be a win.”
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