The pez dispenser loader move to Sanchez and the flurry of engine relight tests at McGreggor has changed my mind. I’m going all in on a full orbital test flight with a pez dispenser test with dummy Starlinks.IIP will be the same as flight 5 with a flight director call prior to the insertion burn. Ship splash landing will be in a previously approved location.
(snip)What is the benefit of a test to relight the Raptor engines in orbit? Nobody has ever considered this even being an issue on any other rocket. Superheavy has relit individual Raptor engines in space dozens of times. The Starship has relit its engines in performing the flip maneuver during the last two flights.