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SpaceX set to orbit Starship for first time in 14th test flight Monday
SpaceX is trying its 14th Starship test flight on Monday. It aims to reach orbit for the first time.
SpaceX is launching its 14th Starship test flight on Monday. Starship wants to do what no test has done before: send the rocket into orbit around Earth.
If successful, Starship will complete approximately six orbits over a ten-hour mission. Starship will fly further than any test before this one.
Earlier tests have had problems along the way. Monday's launch is a big step.
It moves from suborbital flights to actual orbital operation.
- 14th
- Test flight number
- Approximately 6
- Planned orbits
- 10 hours
- Mission duration
Why it mattersReaching orbit would prove Starship's basic design works. It would show major progress for SpaceX's abilities.
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