SpaceX SSTV - Experimental Orbital Launch - Starbase LC-1

[Grendal]

Launch Date: NET 2022
Launch Window: TBD and flexible
Launch site: LC-1, Starbase, Boca Chica Texas
Core Booster Recovery: No landing recovery is planned
Starship Recovery: Water landing will be attempted
Booster: SH 10..
Mass: TBD
Orbit: LEO

A SpaceX experimental Super Heavy and Starship will be launched to test launch systems. The probability is high for failure at sometime during the entire launch, separation, Starship boost, orbit, atmospheric reentry, stabilized reentry process, and finally an attempt at a flip and landing burn. SpaceX is attempting to learn a whole lot from this attempt.

 

[e-FTW]

4-20 going up!
...hopefully NOT in smoke.

 

[jebinc]

Launch Date: NET September/October
Launch Window: TBD and flexible
Launch site: LC-1, Starbase, Boca Chica Texas
Core Booster Recovery: No landing recovery is planned
Starship Recovery: Water landing will be attempted
Booster: SH 10..
Mass: TBD
Orbit: LEO

A SpaceX experimental Super Heavy and Starship will be launched to test launch systems. The probability is high for failure at sometime during the entire launch, separation, Starship boost, orbit, atmospheric reentry, stabilized reentry process, and finally an attempt at a flip and landing burn. SpaceX is attempting to learn a whole lot from this attempt.

Only if it doesn’t fail at or shortly after launch….

 

[Grendal]

Someday. First post updated.

 

[scaesare]

 

[jebinc]

FAA documents say March, at the earliest.

 

[petit_bateau]

Perhaps the FAA has been taking advice from German bureaucrats ?

 

[bxr140]

Perhaps the FAA is just accounting for Elon time.