SpaceX eyeing 3rd week of April for Starship orbital launch, Elon Musk says
SpaceX eyeing 3rd week of April for Starship orbital launch, Elon Musk says
By Mike Wall
published 2 days ago
An April 20 liftoff could really happen.
SpaceX’s huge Starship vehicle could launch on its first-ever orbital test flight by the end of next week, if all goes according to plan.
SpaceX has been gearing up for the pioneering flight for months, and the prep work has accelerated recently. Last week, for example, technicians stacked the spacebound Starship, placing its Ship 24 upper-stage prototype atop its Booster 7 first stage on the orbital launch mount at Starbase, SpaceX’s South Texas facility.
Such activity implies that Starship is in the home stretch, and SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk has repeatedly reinforced that notion via Twitter. He did so again on Monday (April 10), stressing that launch could be less than two weeks away.
