Entrepreneur Elon Musk confirms twittercompany SpaceX will carry out the first test launch of the Starship spacecraft on April 17.
“A launch attempt tomorrow,” Musk wrote.
Previously, the US Federal Aviation Administration, issuance SpaceX corporate entrepreneur Elon Musk has licensed the first orbital flight of the Starship superheavy launch vehicle. According to the statement, SpaceX complies with all safety, environmental, “airspace integration and fiscal responsibility” requirements. The rocket will launch from Starbase’s private spaceport in Boca Chica, Texas.
Starship is a next-generation, super-heavy, fully reusable rocket with both stages landing on its tail. Its main feature should be the ability to launch 100 tons of cargo into orbit on a ship integrated with the upper tier and refuel this ship using modified upper tier fuel tankers. It is Starship that will have to get astronauts to the moon under the NASA Artemis program in the second half of the 2020s.