SpaceX Super Heavy + Starship Wet Dress Rehearsal

At this writing (2023-01-23 at 20:15 UTC) SpaceX is conducting a Wet Dress Rehearsal of the full Super Heavy # 7, Starship # 24 stack on the Boca Chica orbital launch pad. This is said to involve completely filling all of the propellant tanks on both stages.


SpaceX applied for and received a Federal Aviation Administration Temporary Flight Restriction covering the a radius of 2.5 nautical miles launch site from the surface to 14,000 feet above mean sea level, not because a flight is planned (nor, for that matter is a static fire), but just in case of an “anomaly” of the Kaboom! variety.

If the Wet Dress Rehearsal is successful, the next step is de-stacking Starship #24 to prepare it for flight and keep it safe at a distance during the full static fire of Super Heavy.

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