SpaceX to launch Starship for the sixth time this month
The sixth flight test of SpaceX's Starship may be as soon as November 18. It will have many of the same objectives as the previous test, which is part of the reason for the fast approval. SpaceX will also attempt to relight one of the Starship's six Raptor engines in orbit, test new secondary thermal protection materials, and stress the limits of flap control to gain data on future landing profiles. Its engineers have introduced a number of upgrades to the system, including more redundancy in the booster propulsion system and updated software controls.