The American company SpaceX carried out the sixth test launch of the Starship spacecraft, as follows from the broadcast on the company’s website.
Starship’s flight objectives include returning the Super Heavy rocket booster to the launch pad, restarting the ship’s Raptor engine in space, as well as a series of thermal protection experiments and practicing maneuvers to return the ship to space. Land in the Indian Ocean. .
The ship’s first test launch took place in April 2023; Then, a few minutes after launch, the ship began spinning uncontrollably and collapsed. The second test launch took place in November 2023, but shortly after the successful separation of the stages, the spacecraft collapsed before reaching orbit. The third test took place in March 2024 and was considered successful. The fourth test took place in June 2024. On October 13, SpaceX announced that Starship successfully landed in the Indian Ocean following its fifth test flight.
Musk has stated that he hopes to conduct an unmanned Starship flight to Mars within the next four years. President of SpaceX Gwynne Shotwell He previously stated that the company plans to significantly increase the number of Starship launches during his US presidency. donald trumpTheir number could reach four hundred in the next four years, the Wall Street Journal reported.
