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Title: SpaceX is about to launch Starship for its 10th test flight

Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2025 21:56:52 +0000
Link: https://www.engadget.com/science/space/spacex...

SpaceX's massive Starship rocket is scheduled to lift off from the company's
Texas launch site as soon as this evening for its 10th flight. The launch
window opens at 7:30PM ET (6:30PM CT). As always, the flight test will be
livestreamed on the SpaceX website and on X, with a webcast starting 30
minutes before launch. The weather is looking iffy for launch, though, so
don't be surprised if this one gets postponed; SpaceX said on Saturday that
conditions were looking only 45 percent favorable. According to Space.com,
the company has backup opportunities on August 25 and 26.

Watch Starship's tenth flight test → https://t.co/UIwbeGoo2B
https://t.co/gbQv9akMO9

ΓÇö SpaceX (@SpaceX) August 15, 2025

Flight 10 follows a series of failures this year during SpaceX's seventh,
eighth and ninth test flights. And in June, a Starship vehicle exploded on
the ground during preparations for a static fire test of its six Raptor
engines. If all goes according to plan for Flight 10, Starship will deploy
eight dummy Starlink satellites and perform "several experiments focused on
enabling StarshipΓÇÖs upper stage to return to the launch site." It won't
actually be returning to the launch site this time, though. The test is
expected to last a little over an hour, and end with a splashdown in the
Indian Ocean.

This article originally appeared on Engadget at
https://www.engadget.com/science/space/spacex...
its-10th-test-flight-215652105.html?src=rss

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