Vehicle Testing
SpaceX Starship Booster B20 Testing
Starbase Texas Starship | Flight 13
SpaceX is testing Booster 20 before the 13th Starship Test Flight.
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Starship | Flight 13
SpaceX | United States of AmericaSpaceX Starbase, TX, USA
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
13th test flight of the two-stage Starship launch vehicle. Second flight of Starship V3. For the first time, Starship will carry 20 V3 Starlink satellites to space, which will extend solar arrays and antennas and will attempt to connect with ground stations in South Africa and the larger Starlink constellation via high-capacity lasers. 6 of the satellites have been modified with a suite of cameras to scan Starship’s heat shield and transmit imagery down to operators to continue testing methods of analyzing Starship’s heat shield readiness for return to launch site on future missions. Several tiles on Starship have been painted white to simulate missing tiles and serve as imaging targets in the test.
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