Enlarge / SpaceX performed a second static fireplace take a look at of Booster 9 on Friday. (credit score: SpaceX webcast)
SpaceX performed a second sizzling fireplace take a look at of its Tremendous Heavy booster on Friday afternoon, possible taking a key step towards the subsequent launch of its huge new rocket.
A couple of minutes after the take a look at firing, SpaceX founder Elon Musk characterised it as “profitable” on the social media community previously often known as Twitter. SpaceX later confirmed that each one 33 Raptor engines ignited in the course of the take a look at and that each one however two ran for the complete six-second length.
This Tremendous Heavy booster, the biggest and strongest rocket to ever fly, serves as the primary stage of SpaceX’s mega-rocket, which pushes the Starship higher stage into orbit.
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