Watch live: SpaceX test fly Starship Flight 5 from Starbase in Texas
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Watch live as SpaceX launched Starship, the most powerful rocket ever built, on its fifth test flight on Sunday (13 October).
Liftoff of the Super Heavy rocket booster, topped with the uncrewed Starship spacecraft, is expected to occur during a 30-minute launch window that opens at 8:25 a.m. ET from SpaceX’s Starbase facility in Boca Chica, Texas.
For the first time, the company will attempt to bring back and safely land the rocket’s booster, called Super Heavy.
After launch, the booster will travel back towards the launch site where a set of massive metal arms, called “chopsticks,” will aim to catch the booster mid-air to save it from a hard landing.
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