{"id":250433,"date":"2021-05-14T19:32:40","date_gmt":"2021-05-14T16:32:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/spacex-planning-first-orbital-flight-landing-in-hawaii\/"},"modified":"2021-05-14T19:32:40","modified_gmt":"2021-05-14T16:32:40","slug":"spacex-planning-first-orbital-flight-landing-in-hawaii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/spacex-planning-first-orbital-flight-landing-in-hawaii\/","title":{"rendered":"#SpaceX planning first orbital flight, landing in Hawaii"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#SpaceX planning first orbital flight, landing in Hawaii<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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Elon Musk\u2019s Starship prototype isn\u2019t heading to Mars yet, but it\u2019s finally leaving Texas.<\/p>\n

The Musk-owned SpaceX plans to launch the massive rocket from Texas into space before it splashes down off the coast of Hawaii, according to a filing with the Federal Communications Commission.<\/p>\n

SpaceX has launched the rocket from its base in South Texas multiple times over the past year, even successfully landing it on the most recent go, but it\u2019s not yet sent the Starship prototype into space.\u00a0<\/p>\n

As outlined in the FCC filing, a booster will launch the massive rocket from SpaceX\u2019s Boca Chica, Texas, facility and separate almost three minutes into the flight. The booster will then return to Earth, splashing down about 20 miles off the shores of Texas.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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A SpaceX SN15 Starship prototype sits on a transporter after Wednesday\u2019s successful launch and first landing from the company\u2019s starship facility, in Boca Chica, Texas, on May 6, 2021.<\/figcaption>
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The Starship rocket, which app<\/a>ears to be slightly smaller than the booster, will continue into orbit before sailing back through the atmosphere and performing a \u201cpowered, targeted landing\u201d about 62 miles off the northwest coast of Kauai, Hawaii\u2019s northernmost island.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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SpaceX\u2019s Super Heavy booster flight plan on the first Starship orbital test flight.<\/figcaption>
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The whole trip<\/a> is expected to take about an hour and a half, the filings show.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The documents did not indicate when the flight might take place.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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The SpaceX Starship is planning to make landfall off Hawaii.<\/figcaption>
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SpaceX\u2019s Starship rocket is key to Musk\u2019s plans to enable regular interplanetary travel. The company intends to use the 160-foot rocket to send people and cargo to Mars. And Musk has spoken previously about using the rocket to enable rapid orbit-based transportation between cities on Earth.<\/p>\n

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SpaceX SN15 Starship landing in Texas on May 5, 2021.<\/figcaption>
REUTERS\/Gene Blevins<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

SpaceX said in the FCC filing that the company will collect data during the first orbital flight to build upon and improve the Starship prototype.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Elon Musk hopes that SpaceX can eventually travel to Mars.<\/figcaption>
SpaceX via AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In a tweet, Musk said the rocket will travel three-quarters of the way around the Earth. He added that the ship will re-enter the atmosphere over the ocean in case it\u2019s destroyed upon re-entry.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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We need to make sure ship won\u2019t break up on reentry, hence deorbit over Pacific<\/p>\n

\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 14, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

It\u2019s a huge step toward Musk\u2019s eventual interplanetary goals.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In 2015, Musk discussed<\/a> putting a city on Mars after a successful rocket landing by SpaceX. He published a paper<\/a> in June 2017 on making humanity a multi-planetary species, laying out plans for having as many as 1 million people on Mars.\n <\/div>\n