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Just thought I'd share these two images of Starship Serial No. 24 (SN24) and Super Heavy Booster 7 conducting separate static fires at Starbase in Texas a few hours ago.
Booster 7 was actually the first of the two flight hardware to be tested today...with a single Raptor 2 engine (among 33 engines at the base of the vehicle) being ignited as the rocket sat atop its pedestal at the Orbital Launch Site.
Less than three hours later, SN24 fired two of its 6 Raptor 2 engines as the prototype spacecraft sat nearby at Starbase's suborbital site.
While it appears likely that Starship Super Heavy will embark on its much-anticipated orbital test flight before the end of this year, it is unknown as to how many of the 75 actions that SpaceX needs to take in response to the FAA's Programmatic Environmental Assessment almost two months ago have already been mitigated. Stay tuned.
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