{"id":203900,"date":"2025-01-16T15:11:09","date_gmt":"2025-01-16T21:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/01\/%f0%9f%9a%80-spacex-launches-starship-flight-7-and-attempts-another-booster-catch"},"modified":"2025-01-16T15:11:09","modified_gmt":"2025-01-16T21:11:09","slug":"%f0%9f%9a%80-spacex-launches-starship-flight-7-and-attempts-another-booster-catch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/01\/%f0%9f%9a%80-spacex-launches-starship-flight-7-and-attempts-another-booster-catch","title":{"rendered":"\ud83d\ude80 SpaceX Launches Starship Flight 7 and Attempts Another Booster Catch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3nM3vGdanpw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>SpaceX is preparing to launch the seventh Starship flight test. The window for the launch opens at 4 p.m. local time on Monday. The company has confirmed on its website, and X, that it is targeting a potential catch of the Super Heavy booster, if flight parameters allow for it. SpaceX will also try to re-ignite a single Raptor engine in space to demonstrate deorbit capabilities. This flight is the first one, that will feature the new upgraded Starship upper stage!<\/p>\n<p>Window Opens: January 15th at 4PM CST (22:00 UTC)<br \/> Window Closes: January 15th at 5PM CST (23:00 UTC) <\/p>\n<p>Mission: Starship\u2019s seventh fully integrated test flight.<br \/> Launch location: Orbital Launch Pad A, Starbase, Earth.<br \/> Target orbit: Trans-atmospheric.<br \/> Booster: Booster 14<br \/> Booster recovery: Orbital Launch Pad A launch tower arms.<br \/> Ship: Ship 33<br \/> Ship recovery: Will attempt soft splashdown on the Indian Ocean.<br \/> Rocket trajectory: Straight east over the Gulf of Mexico.<br \/> Payload: 10 Starlink simulators.<br \/> Stats:<br \/> \u00b7 SpaceX\u2019s 7th launch of the year and the 7th launch of the month.<br \/> \u00b7 Starship\u2019s 7th launch.<br \/> \u00b7 3rd Super Heavy recovery attempt, hopefully the 2nd successful one.<\/p>\n<p>\u26a1 Become a member of NASASpaceflight\u2019s channel for exclusive discord access, fast turnaround clips, and other exclusive benefits. Your support helps us continue our 24\/7 coverage. \u26a1<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udd0d If you are interested in using footage captured by this stream, please review our content use policy: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasaspaceflight.com\/conte\">https:\/\/www.nasaspaceflight.com\/conte<\/a>\u2026<\/p>\n<p>LDAPAABJRG2UMCU3.<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/01\/%f0%9f%9a%80-spacex-launches-starship-flight-7-and-attempts-another-booster-catch\">Continue reading \u201c\ud83d\ude80 SpaceX Launches Starship Flight 7 and Attempts Another Booster Catch\u201d | &gt;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SpaceX is preparing to launch the seventh Starship flight test. The window for the launch opens at 4 p.m. local time on Monday. The company has confirmed on its website, and X, that it is targeting a potential catch of the Super Heavy booster, if flight parameters allow for it. SpaceX will also try to [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":656,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[418,31,1514],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-203900","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-internet","category-policy","category-space-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203900","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/656"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=203900"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203900\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=203900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=203900"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=203900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}