SpaceX to launch 10th Starship rocket from Texas

STARBASE, TEXAS (ValleyCentral) — SpaceX is slated to launch its 10th Starship rocket from the Boca Chica, Texas launch site Monday evening.

According to its website, the launch window for Starship is set to open at 6:30 p.m. CT. A livestream of the launch is planned for the player above.

This comes after the target date of Sunday was scrubbed just moments before the rocket was supposed to take off. SpaceX said it needed more time "to troubleshoot an issue with ground systems.”

Earlier this weekend, SpaceX stacked its rocket in preparation for launch.

During the 10th launch, the Super Heavy Booster will attempt several flight experiments while on flight to an offshore landing point in the Gulf and will not return to the launch site for a catch. According to SpaceX, the primary goal for the booster will be focused on its landing burn and engine configurations.

LabPadre Space Channel’s Louis Balderas told Nexstar's KVEO that as the booster is coming in for landing, SpaceX will be performing some “extreme maneuvers” and “high angles of attack” to see how the booster reacts with the atmosphere as it descends. Additionally, they will be testing its grid fins and want to use fewer engines as it is coming in for “the burn landing” to test how many engines they can lose, to see how well it lands with minimal engine power.

Balderas added that not much has changed on the ship. However, numerous internal configurations have changed from inside the Starship. For example, pressurization lines and other tests are conducted to determine how the vehicle will withstand re-entry heat, following previous testing that revealed some fuel leakage, among other internal changes.

To watch the tenth Starship launch from Boca Chica Beach, be sure to come back to this article at 6:30 p.m. CT.