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SpaceX accelerated the development of Starship: the second test “jump” of the prototype took place in a month – Phone Mantra
SpaceX performed yet another successful short test flight to an altitude of about 150 m and landed a prototype Starship spacecraft less than a month after the previous prototype jump.
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This time, the prototype Starship SN6 was tested, a newer model than the Starship SN5 prototype that SpaceX used to conduct similar tests in early August. As in the last time, the launch was made from the site of the company’s cosmodrome not far from the town of Boca Chica (Texas).
These prototypes are made of stainless steel and have only one Raptor engine, although the final production version of Starship will have six – three for propulsion in the Earth’s atmosphere, and three for us…
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