{"id":1203878,"date":"2023-11-16T17:23:10","date_gmt":"2023-11-16T22:23:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1203878"},"modified":"2023-11-16T17:23:10","modified_gmt":"2023-11-16T22:23:10","slug":"spacex-delays-launch-of-its-giant-starship-rocket-to-swap-out-a-part","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1203878","title":{"rendered":"SpaceX delays launch of its giant Starship rocket to swap out a part"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Enlarge<\/a> \/<\/span> The upper stage of SpaceX’s Super Heavy-Starship launch vehicle was removed from its position atop the rocket Thursday, clearing the way for the swap-out of a component on the booster stage. (credit: Stephen Clark\/Ars Technica)<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n

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BOCA CHICA BEACH, Texas\u2014The launch of SpaceX’s second full-size Starship rocket from South Texas is now scheduled for Saturday, a day later than previously planned, according to company founder Elon Musk.<\/p>\n

This 24-hour delay will allow time for SpaceX technicians at the company’s launch facility, known as Starbase, to replace a component on the rocket’s stainless steel Super Heavy booster. There is a 20-minute launch window on Saturday, opening at 7 am CST (13:00 UTC), shortly after sunrise in South Texas.<\/p>\n

A delay at this point is unsurprising. Starship is a complex launch vehicle with a sum of 39 methane-burning engines, each producing roughly a half-million pounds of thrust, powering its booster stage and upper stage. And this is only the second test flight of SpaceX’s new full-scale, nearly 400-foot-tall (121-meter) rocket, the largest launch vehicle ever built.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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