Starship Flight 3 (unofficially IFT-3) is planned for NET 14 March 2024. Ship 28 (S28) and Booster 10 (B10) have been chosen to fly on this mission. Flight 3 is intended to perform a payload bay door test, fuel transfer from the header to the main tank, and an in-space Raptor Engine relight to demonstrate de-orbit capabilities. Ship 28 is intended to make a hard splashdown in the Indian Ocean, while Booster 10 will perform a soft splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico.
Ship 28 and Booster 10 have now completed their testing campaigns. Ship 28 has done 2 spin primes, the first with 6 engines and later, after engine replacement, with 2 or 3 engines. It has also done 2 static fires, one with 6 and the other with 1 engine. Booster 10 is the first Booster to skip the spin prime test and go straight into a static fire with all of its engines. The full stack finally completed a full Wet Dress Rehearsal (WDR) on the 3rd of March 2024 after aborting two attempts earlier.
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