News Archive / Tagged: Starship SN15
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FCC filing offers 1st look at SpaceX’s orbital Starship flight plan
Nicholas D'AlessandroMay 18th, 2021SpaceX has given an initial look at the flight plan for its first orbital Starship in a new filing posted to the Federal Communications Commission website.
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Starship SN15 on pad B for possible encore flight
Nicholas D'AlessandroMay 17th, 2021SpaceX remains as committed as ever to its breakneck pace of testing at its Boca Chica, Texas, launch facilities. Starship SN15, which conducted the first fully successful 10-kilometer test flight of the program with a clean, intact landing, was moved back to the launch pad on May 11, 2021, just under a week after that successful May 5 flight.
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SpaceX’s Starship SN15 lands successfully!
Nicholas D'AlessandroMay 5th, 2021SpaceX's Starship SN15 landed safely after its high-altitude test flight, successfully performing a landing-flip maneuver to softly touch down on a nearby pad.
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Starship SN15 poised to fly, as Elon heads to New York for SNL appearance
Nicholas D'AlessandroMay 4th, 2021Starship SN15 was by all public accounts set to fly Tuesday, May 4, with road closures, Temporary Flight Restrictions (TFRs), and all expected FAA paperwork beleived to be in place.
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Starship SN15 performs two static fire tests within 24 hours
Nicholas D'AlessandroApril 28th, 2021SpaceX's latest and improved version of Starship, SN15, has entered the static fire phase of its testing campaign with two recent firings of its Raptor engines in the last 24 hours.
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NASA entrusts SpaceX, Starship with Artemis Moon landings
Nicholas D'AlessandroApril 17th, 2021NASA selected SpaceX to develop its Lunar Starship to be the first lander to return humans to the Moon since the Apollo program ended nearly 50 years ago.
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Starship SN15 completes cryo proofing; static fire coming soon
Nicholas D'AlessandroApril 14th, 2021SpaceX is already well underway with testing of its first majorly-upgraded version of Starship, known as Starship SN15.
