

Its payload capacity is nearly five times that of the shuttle. Starship is 120 metres tall, compared to 55 metres of the now-grounded space shuttle of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). It was all set to zoom on its maiden flight on Monday morning, but the launch was called off due to a last-minute hitch during fuel loading though the countdown was continued till 10 seconds before the scheduled ignition time. The rocket would be the heaviest ever to take off from the earth. The test launch of the Starship rocket built by Musk-owned SpaceX scheduled for April 20 is no exception.

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