threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.worksM to Spaceflight@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 5 days agoSpaceX to test vehicle upgrades and payload deployment on next Starship flightspacenews.comexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up122arrow-down13
arrow-up119arrow-down1external-linkSpaceX to test vehicle upgrades and payload deployment on next Starship flightspacenews.comthreelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.worksM to Spaceflight@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square6fedilink
minus-squareTar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days agoSo, this will be the first time Starship actually tries to lift anything other than an empty cargohold? Not actually into orbit though.
minus-squarethreelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.worksOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days agoTechnically not, as Flight 6 had a single banana in the payload bay. Flight 7 will be the first attempt to deploy a payload, though.
So, this will be the first time Starship actually tries to lift anything other than an empty cargohold? Not actually into orbit though.
Technically not, as Flight 6 had a single banana in the payload bay. Flight 7 will be the first attempt to deploy a payload, though.