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Starship Flight 14 Delay Exposes SpaceX Ship-Catch Prep for Flight 15 Already Underway

techtimes.com · 13hShare

Starship Flight 14 has slipped to no earlier than September 22, its third schedule change in weeks. SpaceX used the downtime to rehearse the Ship Quick Disconnect arm and chopstick systems on Ship 42 -- the hardware for Flight 15's first-ever Starship upper-stage catch attempt. The delay effectively made Flight 15's most complex new maneuver meaningfully lower risk.

First report: Starship Flight 14 Targets First Orbit: Starlink V3 Satellites Falcon 9 Cannot Carry — techtimes.com, 3d