SpaceX Poised For Next Starship Flight Test Nov. 19
SpaceX launched three Falcon 9 rockets in less than 24 hours on November 17-18 ahead of a planned flight test of its Starship-Super Heavy vehicle today. Falcon 9 has reached 113 launches this year and 398 since it debuted in June 2010. Starship Flight 6 is slated to launch at around 5-5:30 PM from SpaceX's Starbase complex at Boca Chica Beach, Texas. SpaceX is hoping to catch the Super Heavy booster again using a pair of mechanical arms on its launch gantry and relight a Raptor engine in flight. Starship will not reach orbital velocity and will make a targeted splashdown in the Indian Ocean.