Watch live: SpaceX launches Starship on 7th test flight, tries to catch returning booster - Video

Watch live as a SpaceX Super Heavy booster and Starship launch on its 7th test flight featuring another attempt to catch a returning booster with the chopsticks on launch pad tower, nicknamed 'Mechazilla.'

Liftoff from SpaceX's Starbase facility at Boca Chica Beach, in Texas, is scheduled for 4:37 p.m. CST / 5:37 p.m. EST / 2237 UTC on Thursday, Jan. 16, at the opening of a 60-minute launch window.

The version 2 Starship vehicle, featuring multiple design changes, should achieve near-orbital velocity on a mission that will take it half way around the world. A test firing of a single Raptor vacuum engine is planned while the craft is in space and deployment of dummy Starlink satellites is planned. Starship will then reenter the atmosphere and make a gentle splashdown in the Indian Ocean.

Our live coverage, hosted by Will Robinson-Smith, will begin two hours before launch and is brought to you in partnership with LabPadre.

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