SpaceX's Starship megarocket aces launch rehearsal ahead of 1st orbital test flight (video)
SpaceX successfully completed a wet dress rehearsal for its Starship rocket, keeping the vehicle on schedule for its first orbital test flight on September 28. The mission aims to deploy 26 Starlink satellites into orbit.
Why it matters
Successful orbital flight for Starship is a critical milestone for SpaceX's long-term goals of lunar and Martian colonization and expanding the Starlink satellite constellation.
Liftoff is scheduled for Monday morning (Sept. 28).
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Click for next article SpaceX conducts a wet dress rehearsal with its Starship megarocket on Sept. 24, 2026, keeping it on track for a planned Sept. 28 launch. (Image credit: SpaceX) Copy link Reddit Email Share this article 0 Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter Starship just cleared a major hurdle ahead of its first orbital flight.
SpaceX announced this afternoon (Sept. 24) that it has completed a wet dress rehearsal (WDR) for the next flight of Starship, the huge, fully reusable rocket it's developing to help humanity settle the moon and Mars .
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