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SpaceX will conduct the 6th escape test of Starship , the largest rocket ever built , as before long as November 18 , follow the smooth success of the previous mission less than a month ago .
The high-pitched flight cadence is thanks , in part , to that success , which includedthe first - ever recurrence of the Super Heavy champion to the launching site — where monolithic “ chopstick ” arms stick out from the launch tower grab it in mid - melodic line — and a moderate , on - objective splashdown after suborbital trajectory of the Starship upper stage in the Indian Ocean . This 6th test admit many of the same objectives ; this fact execute the Federal Aviation Administration to sanction both flight of stairs 5 and 6 at the same time last calendar month . Up until this point , SpaceX has need to wait ( sometimes months ) for regulative favorable reception before each Starship launching .
In apost on its website , SpaceX state it will essay to re - make these same achiever on November 18 , including catching the booster amplifier at the launching site and an accurate Starship splashdown . The company will also continue to test the heat shield and manoeuvre for the upper - stage reentry , “ to expand the envelope on ship and relay transmitter capabilities and get closer to bringing reuse of the entire system online . ” railroad engineer also introduced a number of upgrades to the system , including more redundance in the booster propulsion organisation , update computer software controls , and other change .
SpaceX will also attempt to relight one of the Ship ’s six Raptor engines on orbit , a key capacity to eventually also reuse the spaceship upper level . Engineers will put this point through its paces in other way of life as well : The troupe will test novel subaltern thermal protection materials . In addition , as the ship’s company put it , “ The ship also will purposely vanish at a higher angle of attack in the final phase of descent , purposefully punctuate the limit point of tizzy control to bring in data point on future landing place profiles . ”
All this testing will culminate in “ significant climb ” to the ship , begin with flying 7 , like redesigned flaps , declamatory propellent tank , and the most up - to - appointment thermal protective cover .
A alive webcast of the test will commence around 30 instant before the 30 - second launch window at 2 p.m. PT , which will be viewable on X or SpaceX ’s website . This late - good afternoon launch window ( which open at 4 p.m. local Texas time ) will enable good viewing conditions upon reentry , SpaceX said .
