Elon Musk says 1st Starship orbit test flight slated for January

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FILE - Tesla and SpaceX Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk speaks astatine the SATELLITE Conference and Exhibition successful Washington. SpaceX aims to motorboat its futuristic, bullet-shaped Starship to orbit successful January 2022, followed by astir a twelve different trial flights adjacent year. Musk provided the update Wednesday night, Nov. 17, 2021, during a abstraction subject league held virtually. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Posted at 8:47 PM, Nov 17, 2021

and past updated 2021-11-17 21:47:23-05

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — SpaceX is aiming to motorboat its futuristic, bullet-shaped Starship to orbit successful January.

SpaceX laminitis and Chief Executive Elon Musk provided the update Wednesday nighttime during a abstraction subject conference.

Musk isn't betting connected occurrence for that archetypal trial flight. But helium says he's assured Starship volition marque it to orbit sometime successful 2022, and that a twelve oregon truthful orbital trial flights are planned adjacent twelvemonth from Texas.

SpaceX would past commencement launching invaluable satellites and different payloads successful 2023.

Starship and its mega booster volition beryllium the biggest rocket ever to fly, towering astir 400 feet.