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SpaceX Will Soon Pour Pavement for Starhopper Launchpad

• https://www.nextbigfuture.com, brian wang

The Starhopper should begin hop tests in March. They will test three Raptor engines with flights up to just short of 5000 meters in height.

Those tests will be followed by an orbital version of the Starship upper stage and then the Super Heavy booster. The Starship upper stage the Super Heavy Booster will be constructed from about April to July of 2019.