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SpaceX to replicate Starbase, build multiple Starship launch pads in Florida

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Less than two weeks after CEO Elon Musk revealed that SpaceX has restarted construction of a Starship launch site at Kennedy Space Center’s existing LC-39A pad, NASA has revealed the company’s plans for an entirely different Starship launch site just a few miles to the north. — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 3, 2021.

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

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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. Saturn V, the most capable rocket ever flown, was fully expendable and could launch up to 118 metric tons (~260,000 lb) into orbit.

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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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