Starship Rockt Ready for Testing for the 5th Time Says Elon Musk

Starship Next Launch: The world’s heaviest rocket ‘Starship’ is ready to fly once again. If everything happens according to the plan, it can be tested again in the next few weeks. The 400 -foot -high starship has so far undergone four tests. After the initial failures, it showed hopes and was almost successful in its fourth test. Spacex, a company of Elon Musk, has great expectations from this rocket. In future, it can have the ability to take astronauts to the Moon and Mars. SpaceX founder and CEO Alan Musk has said that the fifth test of the starship is also going to be held soon. He said in a post on X, the 5th flight in the next four weeks.

What is starship rocket

Starship is a reusable rocket. It has two parts mainly. The first is- passenger carry section means in which passengers will remain, while the second is a super heavy rocket booster. Its length is 394 feet (120 meters) by combining starships and boosters. While the weight is 50 million kg. According to the information, the Starship rocket is capable of generating a thrust of 1.6 million pounds (70 MW). This is almost twice as much more than NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket.

Rocket has been tested four times so far

The starship has been tested four times so far. It was first tested in April 2023. Then in November. This year it was tested for the third and fourth time on 14 March and 6 June. All launchs were launched in South Texas with the launch site Starbase. It has been seen to improve after every test. For example, during the latest test, super heavy and ship were separated from each other on time and returned to Earth as per the plan. He made landing in the Gulf of Mexico and the Indian Ocean.

Through the upcoming test, the company would like to remove all the uncertainty related to this rocket, so that it gets government approval to blow it in future.