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SpaceX to test vehicle upgrades and payload deployment on next Starship flight (spacenews.com)

submitted 1 month ago by threelonmusketeers to c/spaceflight

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[–] Tar_alcaran 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

So, this will be the first time Starship actually tries to lift anything other than an empty cargohold? Not actually into orbit though.

[–] threelonmusketeers 2 points 1 month ago

Technically not, as Flight 6 had a single banana in the payload bay. Flight 7 will be the first attempt to deploy a payload, though.