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Subj: SpaceX Delays Flight 8 of Starship
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SpaceX has pushed the eighth test flight of its Starship megarocket back a
few days.

Elon Muskâ€Ös company had been targeting Friday (Feb. 28) for Flight 8 of
Starship, the biggest and most powerful rocket ever built. But thatâ€Ös no
longer the plan.

“Now targeting to launch Starshipâ€Ös eighth flight test as soon as Monday,
March 3,� SpaceX said in an X post early on Thursday morning (Feb. 27). No
reason was given for the delay.

If all goes to plan, Starship will lift off from Starbase, SpaceXâ€Ös
facility in South Texas, on Monday during a window that opens at 2330 UTC
(5:30 p.m. local Texas time).

SpaceX will try for another “chopsticks� catch of Super Heavy, the booster
â€ö its third overall, if successful â€ö and Ship, the upper stage, will
attempt to deploy mock Starlink satellites on its suborbital trajectory.

Ship will again target a controlled splashdown off Western Australia.
Eventually, SpaceX plans to snag the returning upper stage using the launch
towerâ€Ös chopsticks as well, but the company isnâ€Öt ready to try that just
yet.

[ANS thanks Space.com for the above information]


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