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Elon Musk: Next Starship Launch Will Fly 12 Miles High – Futurism
Will SpaceX’s SN8 prototype might perform a daring “belly flop” at 60,000 feet.
60,000 Feet
According to SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, the space companys latest full-scale Starship prototype, dubbed SN8, will soon attempt to fly to 60,000 feet about twice the altitude of a commercial airliner.
Musk made the claim in a Saturday tweet, adding that SN8s flaps & nosecone could be done in about a week.
It would be a significant step over the last successful hop of the prototypes predecessors. SpaceX has pulled off two successful hops to 150 meters (about 500 feet) so far, the fir…
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