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SpaceX’s Starship SN9 prototype fires its engines for the 1st time – Space.com
SN9 has roared to life. A test launch could follow soon.
SpaceX has fired up its newest Starship
prototype for the first time.
The SN9 vehicle’s three engines lit up for about one second today (Jan. 6) at 5:07 p.m. EST (2200 GMT) during a static-fire test at SpaceX’s South Texas facilities, near the Gulf Coast village of Boca Chica.
Static fires, in which rocket engines blaze while a vehicle remains anchored to the ground, are a routine preflight checkout. And SN9 (“Serial No. 9”) will indeed get off the ground soon, if all goes according to plan: SpaceX
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