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Preparations are underway at Starbase for the upcoming second Starship test flight, with Booster 9 expected to return to the launch site soon. The installation of its hot staging ring is now complete, and the booster is ready to roll in the coming days. This hot staging ring will allow the ship to separate from […]

Last week, the Starship program at SpaceX entered a critical testing phase with the static test firing of Booster 9’s Raptor engines. This test followed the successful completion of the Spin Prime test requirement. Booster 9 was lifted onto the Orbital Launch Mount (OLM) on July 20 and underwent a propellant loading test on July […]