Spacex He launched the last proof of his mega rocket Starship On Tuesday night and completed the first deployment of a test payload – eight simulated satellites – in space. After just over an hour sailing through space, Starship warranted as planned in the Indian Ocean.
Starship took off Starbase, the spacex launch site in the south of Texasjust after 6:30 pm was the tenth test for the largest and most powerful rocket in the world, which Spacex and the POT They hope to use for astronauts to return to the moon.
NASA has ordered two starships for astronauts to land on the moon at the end of this decade, and the final objective of the Spacex CEO, Elon MuskIt is Mars.
No crew member was aboard the demonstration launch.
The test also included the successful return of the Super Heavy propeller of the ship, which merited in the Atlantic after testing a landing engines ignition sequence.
The starship continued to orbit the earth – passing from daylight in Texas through the night and back to daylight again – before the planning planned. Before the ship hit the waves, its engines lit, turning its position to enter the water vertically with the cone of the nose pointing up.
The successful demonstration occurred after a year of mishaps. Consecutive tests in January and March ended a few minutes after takeoff, raining remains in the ocean. The most recent test in May – the ninth attempt – ended when the spacecraft got out of control and broke.
Spacex later redesigned the Super Heavy propeller with larger and stronger fins for greater stability, according to a publication of the company on the social platform X this month.
The first Starship exploded minutes after its inaugural test flight in 2023.
Spacex’s first Starlink satellite lot was launched in 2019 from a Falcon rocket that took off Cabo Cañaveral.