SpaceX stacks Starship and Super Heavy on launch pad ahead of orbital test flight
SpaceX has stacked a Starship vehicle on the launch pad at its Starbase facility in South Texas for the first time since March. A Starship upper-stage prototype known as Ship 24 was stacked atop the Booster 7 Super Heavy first stage at the orbital launch pad at Starbase on Tuesday (Oct. 11) for the first time, according to a tweet (opens in new tab) from SpaceX early on Wednesday (Oct. 12). Ship 24 was stacked onto Booster 7 using SpaceX’s " chopsticks " system on the Starbase launch tower, forming the full 395-foot-tall (120 meters) Starship system. Video: SpaceX ignites multiple engines on Starship Super Heavy for 1st time The Starship vehicle that was stacked on Oct. 11 is slated to fly the program's first-ever orbital test flight, perhaps as early as November. (Image credit: SpaceX via Twitter) Ship 24 and Booster 7 are slated to launch on the first-ever Starship orbital flight, which could take place as early as next month . The stacking follows a numbe