SpaceX Performs Second Wet Dress Rehearsal of Fourth Starship Flight Stack

SpaceX is performing a Wet Dress Rehearsal of the Fourth Starship Flight Stack. The stack already performed a WDR attempt, which seemingly did not go all the way to T-0. The road is closed from 5 a.m. to 5 p.m.. Before this, the stack has performed joint tanking tests, and one WDR attempt. Booster 11: The Booster already features 33 Raptors. Booster 11 is the first stage for the fourth flight of Starship. The Booster previously was static fired once and performed two cryogenic pressure tests. Learn More: Ship 29: Ship 29 is a Starship upper-stage prototype planned to launch on the fourth Starship flight test. It features three sea-level, and three vacuum raptor engines. It has performed two cryogenic proof tests, a spin prime test, and two static fire tests, of which one was with one and one with six raptor engines. Learn More: Starlink 6-60 Info Window Opens: May 28th at 7:30AM EDT (11:30 UTC) Window Closes: May 28th at 12:01PM EDT (16:01 UTC) First T0: May 28th at 7:30AM EDT (11:30 UTC) Last T0: May 28th at 11:28AM EDT (15:28 UTC) Mission: F9 launch of 23 Starlink v2 Mini satellites Launch location: Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Earth. Target orbit: Low Earth Orbit, 276-by-285km 43º orbit Booster: B1078-10; 34d 13h 13min turnaround Booster history: Crew-6, O3b mPOWER 2, SL 6-4, SL 6-8, SL 6-16, SL 6-31, USSF-124, SL 6-46, SL 6-53. Booster recovery: A Shortfall Of Gravitas (ASOG) ; 599km downrange Fairing recovery: Doug Rocket trajectory: Southeast from the Cape passing northeast of Bahamas Payload mass: About 16.8 tonnes Stubby nozzle: NO (thankfully) Stats: · SpaceX’s 56th launch of the year and the 12th launch of the month. · 320th Falcon orbital launch since Amos 6, F9’s 339th orbital flight. · SpaceX’s 188th launch from SLC-40. · 72nd landing on ASOG out of 72 attempts. · 239th successful landing since the last failed one. · 95th launch dedicated to Starlink Gen 2 and 169th launch dedicated to Starlink overall. 24/7 Coverage: ⚡ Become a member of NASASpaceflight’s channel for exclusive discord access, fast turnaround clips, and other exclusive benefits. Your support helps us continue our 24/7 coverage. ⚡ 🔍 All content copyright to NSF. Not to be used elsewhere without explicit permission from NSF.