The head of the aerospace company SpaceX, Elon Musk, announced the launch of the Starship interplanetary spacecraft. On his Twitter page, the billionaire wrote that the ship will be completely ready for the first flight in April this year.
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According to Elon Musk, “SpaceX will be ready to launch Starship in a few weeks,” but the exact launch time has not yet been determined. This is because SpaceX is required to obtain the appropriate license from the US Federal Aviation Administration. At the moment, it is most likely that the launch of Starship will be carried out at the end of the third week of April.
Earlier this month, Musk said that the chances of success for the first flight of the Starship into orbit are not too high. He believes that the ship has about a 50% chance of successfully completing the upcoming test flight. “I’m not saying that it will make it to orbit, but I guarantee a strong impression. In general, it will not be boring! ”, The billionaire said, speaking at the Morgan Stanley conference earlier in the month.
Recall that the Starship reusable space transport system consists of a 50-meter ship and a 70-meter Super Heavy rocket, designed to put the device into low Earth orbit. SpaceX plans to use the Starship system to deliver people and cargo to the Moon and Mars, as well as to other space objects far from Earth.
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