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On Saturday evening, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk took to Twitter to give an update on the Starship Flight Test which took place on April 20th, 2023, and to provide insight into the future of the program.
This morning, SpaceX's Starship took to the South Texas skies for the first time in its fully integrated form.
On April 11th, SpaceX updated the official Starship webpage to include the timeline for Starships Integrated Flight Test. SpaceX has also officially confirmed that both the Booster and Ship stages will attempt a soft-water landing during the course of the inaugural launch.
A detailed timeline and expectations of events for the day of Starship's orbital test flight.
At 13:01 local time, SpaceX performed a 6-7 second static fire of single Raptor engine on Ship 24 for the first time after undergoing structural repairs since September.
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