It was the highest number of engines ever tested at the same time.
The company is testing some of Booster 7's engines ahead of its planned first orbital flight of Starship, a 165 foot tall (50 meter) re-enactment of a spaceship that will be lifted to space by 33 next-generation Raptor engines inside a Super Heavy booster. The engines will be on the ship.
During static fire tests, one or more engines are set ablaze while the vehicle is stationary on the ground.
For the first time, there are multiple engines on the Super Heavy.
The chamber pressures on all the engines looked good after the static fire test.
Chamber pressure looked good on all 7 enginesSeptember 19, 2022
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The company's next big Starship system test will be a "full stack wet dress rehearsal, then 33" according to Musk. The world's tallest rocket is made up of a Super Heavy booster rocket and Starship.
Booster 7 now returns to high bay for robustness upgrades & booster 8 moves to pad for testing.Next big test is probably full stack wet dress rehearsal, then 33 engine firing in a few weeks.September 19, 2022
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The company performed a static fire with three engines in August, but this most recent one doubled the number of engines. It was the first multi- engine static fire conducted on the Super Heavy booster by the company.
There is no projected date for the test of the full stack, but the company has indicated that it will launch the vehicle in the coming months.
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