SpaceX Starship's Successful Ignition and Test Flight

TapTechNews June 6th, around 8:50 PM Beijing time on June 6th, the SpaceX Starship ignited successfully and launched its fourth test flight mission, and then separated from the Super Heavy Booster as planned.

About 9 minutes after launch, the Starship successfully entered the intended orbit, and next the Starship will attempt to break through the results of the previous test flight (this node is about 47 minutes after launch, currently waiting for telemetry signals).

TapTechNews Note: Splashdown is a landing method for landing spacecraft or capsules and other space vehicles in a water body through a parachute. Since the nature of the water is sufficient to buffer the spacecraft, it does not require reverse injection of the braking rocket to slow down the final descent speed. Of course, SpaceX also uses booster deceleration here because its verification goal lies in attitude control during landing.

So far, we can say that half of SpaceX's test flight mission has been successful. SpaceX also stated before that the focus of this test flight is no longer to enter the orbit, but to show the recycling ability of the Starship and the super-heavy rocket. The main goal will be to use the super-heavy booster to conduct landing burns and soft splashdowns in the Gulf of Mexico and realize the controlled entry of the Starship. In order to achieve this goal, SpaceX has carried out multiple software and hardware upgrades to improve overall reliability.

The flight trajectory of this test flight is similar to that of the previous tests, and the goal is to splash in the Indian Ocean. This flight path does not require off-orbit burns to re-enter the atmosphere, maximizing public safety, while still having the opportunity to achieve SpaceX's main goal, that is, the controlled re-entry of the spacecraft.