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SpaceX postpones the seventh test of its powerful Starship rocket for Wednesday

SpaceX postponed to Wednesday the next test flight of its powerful Starship rocket, whose launch was initially scheduled for Monday afternoon from its base in southern Texas (USA).

According to Elon Musk’s signature on Saturday night, the Starship will take off at 16:00 local time (22:00 GMT) on Wednesday, from Starbase, the firm’s space center located in the Texas town of Boca Chica.

For this test, the mission will transport ten replicas of the latest generation of Starlinks, which will be put on a suborbital trajectory, which is where the rocket will move.

This operation is crucial, because SpaceX plans to use the Starship in the future to put into orbit the next generation of its popular broadband internet satellites, which will be larger and heavier than the current ones.

On the seventh flight, the mission engineers will again try to catch the powerful first stage of the Starship, called Super Heavy, which in the previous test carried out last November could not be carried out.

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Once separated from the second stage, that is, the Starship as such, if the weather allows it is expected that the Super Heavy will arrive at a Starbase platform, where it will be captured by mechanical arms, as already happened successfully in the fifth test.

In addition, for this operation, improvements have been applied to the capture tower, which include protections to the sensors in the mechanical arms of the tower, which were damaged during the launch of the previous test and forced the diversion of the first stage to the high seas.

The Starship will fly on its own in a suborbital trajectory for about an hour, to end a mooring in the Indian Ocean, in the same way as it has done in the last tests.

Among these innovations is the reduction of the size of the upper wings of the rocket, which are also now closer to the tip of the Starship and this reduces its exposure to heat, in addition to having improved the thermal shield.

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Erin brings strong winds and storm surge despite weakening offshore

Hurricane Erin weakened to a Category 2 storm on Tuesday but continues to pose a threat to parts of the U.S. East Coast with potentially dangerous flooding, according to meteorologists.

Although the hurricane’s eye is expected to remain offshore, experts are concerned about Erin’s size, as strong winds extend hundreds of kilometers beyond the storm’s center.

In its 18:00 GMT bulletin, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) lifted tropical storm warnings for the Bahamasand Turks and Caicos Islands, but kept them in effect for parts of North Carolina.

Erin was located several hundred kilometers southeast of North Carolina and was moving northwestward.

“This means there is a risk of potentially life-threatening flooding of 60 to 120 centimeters above ground level,” said NHC Director Michael Brennan.

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He also warned of the possibility of destructive waves, combined with storm surge, that could cause severe damage to beaches and coastal areas, making roads impassable.

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Three U.S. Warships deploy near Venezuela to combat drug trafficking

Three U.S. naval vessels are moving toward the coasts of Venezuela, according to international media reports on Tuesday, after White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt confirmed that President Donald Trump is ready to combat and curb international drug trafficking.

Reports indicate that the ships will reach Venezuelan waters within the next 36 hours as part of a recent U.S. deployment aimed at countering international narcotics operations.

The announcement coincides with Leavitt’s statement that Trump is prepared to “use the full extent of his power” to halt drug flows into the United States. The naval deployment involves approximately 4,000 military personnel.

“The President has been clear and consistent. He is ready to use every element of U.S. power to prevent drugs from flooding our country and to bring those responsible to justice. The Maduro regime is not the legitimate government of Venezuela—it is a narco-terror cartel,” the spokesperson said during a press conference.

International

Cuban authorities free salvadoran convicted in 1997 hotel bombing

Salvadoran national Otto René Rodríguez Llerena was released after serving a 30-year prison sentence for his involvement in a terrorist attack at a hotel in Cuba in 1997, the Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported.

During his trial, Rodríguez Llerena admitted to placing an explosive device at the Meliá Cohiba Hotel under the orders of anti-Castro exile leaders. He was arrested the following year when he returned to Havana with another load of explosives that failed to detonate.

“The Cuban government reiterates its commitment to combating terrorism, respecting human rights, and the need for the international community to hold accountable those who promote such acts,” the statement read.

He was released on August 15 and is the second Salvadoran to complete his sentence. In December of last year, another Salvadoran, Ernesto Cruz León, was released after planting bombs at tourist centers, one of which killed an Italian tourist identified as Fabio Di Celmo.

A third Salvadoran, Francisco Chávez Abarca, also received a 30-year sentence from Cuban courts in 2010 after being extradited from Venezuela through Interpol for actions against Cuba.

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Rodríguez Llerena had requested conditional release in 2016, arguing that his actions had not caused any direct fatalities, but no further information was released about his situation until now.