With a rousing success under its belt from its last test flight, SpaceX is now preparing for the next launch of its giant Starship rocket.

The company performed a static test fire of the Super Heavy booster slated for Starship's 11th launch. Secured to the launch stand at SpaceX's Starbase manufacturing and test facility in Texas, the booster, B15, fired its 33 Raptor engines for about 10 seconds Sunday, Sept. 7, which was posted in videos on SpaceX's profile on X.

The test comes less than two weeks after Starship's Flight Test 10, which, for the first time, completed each of its objectives in a major win for SpaceX as they develop the rocket for operational missions.

Boosters are typically test fired in the days and weeks leading up to launches, and are part of final assessments to ens

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