Enlarge / The Super Heavy booster for SpaceX’s next Starship test flight is raised onto its launch mount at the Starbase facility in South Texas. (credit: SpaceX)
Welcome to Edition 6.04 of the Rocket Report! SpaceX has a Super Heavy booster on the launch pad in Texas a lot sooner than many thought. There was some pretty extensive damage at the launch site in the aftermath of the Starship test launch in April, but SpaceX made quick work with repairs and upgrades to beef up the pad. Meanwhile, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 launcher, Rocket Lab’s Electron, and China’s rocket fleet show no signs of slowing down.
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9 a.m. EDT update: The list of upcoming launches at the bottom of the Rocket Report has been updated to reflect the successful liftoff of the Falcon 9 / Starlink 6-7 mission.
Source : https://arstechnica.com/space/2023/07/rocket-report-starbase-comes-alive-again-china-launches-four-times/
