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SpaceX has completed the first tethered hop for the “Starhopper”

SpaceX has completed the first tethered hop for the “Starhopper”

FromTechCrunch Industry News


SpaceX has completed the first tethered hop for the “Starhopper”

FromTechCrunch Industry News

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3 minutes
Released:
Apr 4, 2019
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SpaceX has completed the first tethered jump for its Starship prototyped, Elon Musk confirmed in a tweet Wednesday evening. Called the Starhopper because it’s making limited hops to test the landing capabilities of the Starship vehicle, the tethered jump represents the first firing of a rocket engine at the company’s Boca Chica launch site. The hops are similar to the testing that preceded the commercial development and use of SpaceX’s reusable Falcon 9 rockets.
Released:
Apr 4, 2019
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