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SpaceX Conducts Static Fire Of Starship Engines

By Keith Cowing

SpaceRef

February 9, 2023

Filed under Commerce, SpaceX, starship

SpaceX Conducts Static Fire Of Starship Engines — Starship engine test

SpaceX

SpaceX just conducted a full duration static test firing of 31 Raptor engines (1 shutdown, 1 was shut down) on Starship producing enough thrust to still reach orbit – the most powerful rocket humans have ever built or fired.

First static fire attempt of 33 Raptor engines on Booster 7 https://t.co/3haor6owfa
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) February 9, 2023

Views from drone of Booster 7's static fire test pic.twitter.com/KN4sk1nohf
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) February 9, 2023

Keith Cowing

SpaceRef co-founder, Explorers Club Fellow, ex-NASA, Away Teams, Journalist, Space & Astrobiology, Lapsed climber.

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