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Musk: SpaceX's next-generation heavy-lift launch vehicle Starship may attempt to launch next month

IT House Feb. 5 news, Elon Musk, founder and CEO of SpaceX, revealed through social media today that SpaceX may try to launch the next generation of heavy launch vehicle "Starship" in March.

Musk: SpaceX's next-generation heavy-lift launch vehicle Starship may attempt to launch next month

Musk replied to netizens that if the remaining tests go well, we will try to launch Starship next month.

According to previous information, SpaceX plans to use starships in the future for manned flights around the moon and space exploration such as Mars. IT House understands that Musk has said that he is very confident of putting it into orbit.

Currently, the most recent Starship flight was in 2021, when the prototype SN15 rose to an altitude of 10 kilometers above the ground without a super heavy booster and then smoothly returned to the ground for landing.

Musk: SpaceX's next-generation heavy-lift launch vehicle Starship may attempt to launch next month

Source: SpaceX

If all goes well with the first orbital flight of the starship, there will be more test activity in 2023. Currently, SpaceX is participating in NASA's Artemis moon landing program, which plans to send cargo and astronauts to the moon with starships.

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