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SpaceX installs rocket-catching arms on Starship’s Florida launch tower

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SpaceX has installed a pair of rocket-catching arms on a tower meant to support the first East Coast launches of its next-generation Starship rocket. SpaceX broke ground on Starship’s first Florida OLS in late 2019. In late 2021, SpaceX finally began constructing the second iteration of Starship’s first Florida pad.

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SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket tests 27 engines for military rideshare launch

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Unofficial sources anticipate that liftoff will occur around 5:55 pm EST. If Falcon Heavy does launch shortly after sunset, it could put on a spectacular show , lighting up the twilight skies for hundreds of miles up and down the East Coast. While the records of N1 , Saturn V , and Energia still stand, all three were retired decades ago.

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