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SpaceX Starship 'Hopper' prototype finally lights up
https://www.cnet.com/news/spacex-starship-hopper-prototype-finally-lights-up/
Interestingly, SpaceX was also supposed to conduct a static fire test for its Falcon Heavy rocket at Kennedy Space Center in Florida Wednesday. However, that test has been delayed once again and is now set to happen Thursday, ahead of a planned launch on Sunday. This will be the first commercial launch for Falcon Heavy (it's carrying a commercial communications satellite to orbit) and the first we've seen of the powerful rocket since its demonstration launch last year that sent Musk's red Tesla toward Mars.
The firing of the Starship prototype's Raptor engine was the first to be started up at the company's Texas launch pad. It seems Texas will be the home for Starship's development for the time being after a deal to build the big rockets at the Port of Los Angeles fell through.