Elon Musk, founder and CEO of the US private space company Space X, has revealed that the first test launch of the Star-ship spacecraft could take place in just a few weeks.
So far, Space X has tested a number of prototypes of the Star ship spacecraft, launching them to a height of 10 kilometers above the sky. But for the latest test launch, the full-fledged Star ship will include the Super Heavy Rocket, and the Star ship itself will be launched into space orbit around Earth.
The Super Heavy rocket, called Booster 4, and the Star-ship test prototype, the SN20, are based at Space X in Texas to prepare for testing. According to the plan, after launching from Earth, the Booster 4 rocket will be detached and fall into the sea, while the SN20 will orbit the Earth before launching into the sea.
Marx Technologies has also ordered its WorldView-3 satellite to capture images of a Super Heavy rocket stationed on Space X's Star-base base on the South Texas coast, where the company is testing. Transport systems to distant space, such as the Star-ship.
According to the test plan, minutes after launch, the Super Heavy Booster 4 rocket will detach from the Gulf of Mexico and the SN20 will continue to orbit the Earth before crashing into the Pacific Ocean. About 90 minutes later, near the island of Kauai in Hawaii.
Following successful tests, the Star ship spacecraft will be equipped with a total of six Raptor engines, surpassing the number of test vessels of only three, and 32 Super Heavy rockets. Star ship is a reusable spacecraft system that Space X plans to use to transport goods and people to the moon, Mars and other places in the solar system in the future.