SpaceX plans to catch both Starship stages on Flight 15
Elon Musk's SpaceX released Flight 15 mission details on November 7th for a November 13th launch, with a Super Heavy catch planned minutes after liftoff and a Starship catch planned at about T+22:32:34 after roughly 14 orbits, pending regulatory approval.
By RuntimeWire Staff · Published
Primary source: Hacker News
Why it matters
Flight 15 would test whether SpaceX can recover both stages during one orbital mission. Recovery by itself would leave a separate question for later flights: whether the same booster and ship can be prepared and flown again.
The plan…
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