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SpaceX Tests Starship Fixes After Back-to-Back Failures
The next Starship launch may come as soon as next week. A recent test of its Raptor engines suggest SpaceX has resolved the issues that plagued its recent flights.
SpaceX investigators, working under the oversight of the Federal Aviation Administration, determined the Starship test flight in January failed after propellant leaks led to fires in the rocket's aft compartment, or attic. Videos captured by media observing the test showed a flash in the engine plume, and at least one piece of debris was seen careening out of the flame trench below the ship. These final tasks may include loading mock-up Starlink broadband satellites into the ship's payload bay and touchups to the rocket's heat shield.
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