🚀 Another major milestone for SpaceX!
Ship 42 has successfully completed its static fire tests, including a full-duration firing of all six Raptor engines and a single-engine test simulating a deorbit burn.
Every test brings Starship closer to its next big mission. The future of space exploration is getting more exciting! 🔥🛰️
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NOVEMBER 14, 2026 07:45 - 09:00 JAPAN TIME
Flight 15 of Starship is preparing to launch as soon as Friday, November 13, pending regulatory approval. The 75-minute launch window will open at 4:45 p.m. CT.
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And now, we wait- 💖🚀😎🔥
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Why relighting a Raptor in space is harder than starting it on the pad.
As a turbine guy, the start is always where the drama lives. On the ground gravity keeps fuel where it should be. In space the propellant floats around the tanks, so it has to be settled before the engine can even light.
Ship 42 already practiced the deorbit burn with a single Raptor on the stand. On Flight 15, that relight is the moment I'll be watching.
Drop your guess: clean relight first try, yes or no?
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The rocket is ready.
The paperwork isn't.
Starship Flight 15 has slipped to no earlier than Nov 12, from Nov 8.
Ship 42 has finished its static fires.
Elon says it will be the first ship ever caught by the tower.
What's missing is the FAA launch license.
Meanwhile the FAA has opened a bigger review of Starbase itself:
→ Phase 1: up to 100 launches a year
→ Phase 2: up to 456 launches a year
→ In-person meetings Nov 17 and 19, a virtual one Nov 18
→ Public comments close Nov 30
Today Starbase flies a few times a year.
The plan on the table is more than one launch a day.
Catch the ship, then catch up on the paperwork 🚀
🚀 Starship 15: SpaceX chce chytit oba stupně!
🚀 SpaceX se připravuje na HISTORICKÝ milník! Poprvé chce během jediného letu zachytit oba stupně Starshipu pomocí ramen startovací věže Mechazilla.
🦾 Booster už SpaceX úspěšně zachytila několikrát. Tentokrát se má poprvé pokusit zachytit i horní stupeň Ship, který se dosud vracel do oceánu.
🔥 Booster 22 i Ship 42 už absolvovaly statické zážehy motorů. Ship navíc otestoval zážeh pro návrat z oběžné dráhy.
📅 Start se očekává v listopadu, neoficiálně nejdříve 12. 11. Definitivní termín ani potřebná licence FAA zatím nejsou potvrzené.
🎯 Musk odhaduje šanci na první úspěšné zachycení Shipu na 50–60 %. Jde o výrazně složitější manévr než návrat boosteru.
♻️ Úspěšný dvojitý catch by otevřel cestu ke skutečně plně znovupoužitelné raketě. Rychlejší opakované starty znamenají potenciálně dramaticky nižší náklady!
🌕 A právě to je zásadní pro orbitální tankování, mise na Měsíc i Mars. Starship se musí změnit z experimentální rakety na pravidelně létající dopravní systém.
🤔Věříte, že SpaceX zvládne zachytit oba stupně hned při prvním pokusu, nebo nás čeká další velkolepý ohňostroj?
SpaceX week in review (Oct 25–31)
🔥 Flight 15 booster: 33-engine static fire
🔥 Ship 42: 6-engine static fire + deorbit-burn sim
🚀 Falcon 9 passed 700 launches
🛰️ 2 Starlink launches from California
Both stages tested. Date? TBD.
Patience, Mars.
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🚀 SpaceX says Ship 42's static fires are complete.
The Starship for Flight 15 ran a full-duration, six-engine static fire and fired a single Raptor engine to simulate a deorbit burn, SpaceX said Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2026.
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