SpaceX To Attempt 33-Engine Super Heavy Hot-Fire Test Feb. 9

Starship full stack.

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SpaceX will attempt to test-fire the 33 Raptor engines of its first Starship/Super Heavy booster on Feb. 9, bringing the company a step closer to an orbital flight test. “Tomorrow is a big day for SpaceX,” President Gwynne Shotwell said at the FAA Commercial Space Transportation conference underway...

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