The 120-minute test window opens at 7:00 a.m. Central Time from the company's Starbase facility in the U.S. state of Texas.
SpaceX had Starship's third flight test in March, but the company lost communication with the vehicle before it made it to its planned splashdown location in the Indian Ocean.
SpaceX said the third flight test made tremendous strides towards a future of rapidly reliable reusable rockets. The test completed several exciting firsts, including the first Starship reentry from space, the first ever opening and closing of Starship's payload door in space, and a successful propellant transfer demonstration.
The fourth flight test will focus from achieving orbit to demonstrating the ability to return and reuse Starship and Super Heavy, said SpaceX. The primary objectives will be executing a landing burn and soft splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico with the Super Heavy booster, and achieving a controlled entry of Starship.
Flight 4 will fly a similar trajectory as the previous flight test, with Starship targeted to splashdown in the Indian Ocean, according to SpaceX.
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