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LAUNCH! Starship SN5 has launched on a 150 meter test hop at SpaceX Boca Chica.
Under the power of Raptor SN27, SN5 has conducted what looks like a successful flight!
Listen to the SpaceXers cheer!
Mary (
@BocaChicaGal
) filming history!
Livestream:
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STATIC FIRE! Booster 7 fires up a record amount of Raptor engines!
WOW!
Hopefully,
@elonmusk
will let us know how many and if it looked good!
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STATIC FIRE and wow! Ship 20 fires up, with thrust this time, for a multi-engine test at SpaceX Starbase.
(Ship 20 has three sea-level Raptors and three RVacs. Hopefully,
@elonmusk
will tweet some info!)
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STATIC FIRE! Booster 7 fires up multiple engines (the target was for seven). Let's see if
@elonmusk
confirms all seven, (which would be a new record!)
Super cool!
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If you're trying to explain size and capability to friends and family, this BBC infographic really helps (and Starship is evolving capability all the time). From
@BBCAmos
latest article:
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WOW! OLM Water Deluge System conducts its first full test! That was super impressive. No more rock tornados, I'd say!
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Raptor V1 vs Raptor V2. Greatly simplified whilst increasing thrust. Costs half as much.
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HUGE WIN! Ascent was amazing, and the engine outs look like they were intentional. The big win was stable return. Flip was great! Just strong on the landing with a Raptor struggle.
Rewind on NSF stream. Mary (
@BocaChicaGal
) tracking was amazing.
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Stunning photos of Dragon 2 docking from Oleg Kononenko!
He was monitoring from the Russian section, near the Soyuz, due to Rocosmos contingency procedures.
Hires set:
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Some sweet TVC (Thrust Vector Control) gimbal action from the Center 9 Raptor gang on the Booster.
And that, ladies and gentlemen, is how the Booster steers.
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STATIC FIRE! Booster 7 fires up in a milestone test. We'll need SpaceX/Elon to confirm how many engines! But that looked super controlled, and everything appears intact (a big win!)
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LAUNCH! This booster's 14th launch!
SpaceX Falcon 9 B1060-14 launch attempt with Galaxy 33/34 from SLC-40.
Overview - by Sawyer Rosenstein (
@thenasaman
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SpaceX Livestream:
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RELIGHT! FLIP. Deselecting. TOUCHDOWN!
NAILED THE LANDING!
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Wow! What a view of the jellyfish from the drone ship!
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WOW! Full Starbase OLM Water Deluge System Test.
**HEADPHONE WARNING!**
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Several space flight accounts locked today for showing shots of rockets.
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Oof. SN10 has decided to join SN8 and SN9.
Still a great advancement with the landing.
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They've lost it, going for a spin, but hey, got away from the pad and had some great first stage!
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Mary (
@BocaChicaGal
) spots a new thrust puck for Super Heavy arriving at SpaceX Starbase!
Pics:
Going to be a lot of Raptors on the aft end of the big booster!
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Starship SN8 STATIC FIRE!! The first-ever triple Raptor Static Fire!
Mary (
@BocaChicaGal
) documenting history again!
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STATIC FIRE! Ship 25 fires up what appears to be six Raptors for a decent duration in a key test ahead of the second Starship test flight.
Good performance
@elonmusk
?
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Problem with Soyuz MS-22 on the ISS right now!
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Farewell shot of Booster 9, which performed amazingly with all 33 engines smiling all the way up. Went out with a bang.
Via Jack Beyer (
@thejackbeyer
) for NSF.
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The Test Nosecone for Starship, via Mary (
@BocaChicaGal
).
Starship operational flights will initially be focused on cargo missions, and you can imagine how many Starlinks they'd be able to push uphill inside this!
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27 Merlin 1D engines to improve your Saturday!
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This is real-time! Raptor 2 wiggling like a champ via its electric TVC (Thrust Vector Control) at SpaceX McGregor.
While the Rocket Cows didn't show much interest, this is important progress for Starship per fast response steering control during flight.
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Ship 29 makes it through re-entry, minus part of a flap, and does a bellyflop!
And...............no way! It looked like a flip and burn and soft splashdown?!
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Nice try, SN9! But didn't hit SN10 or the Tank Farm.
You're next, SN10!
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STATIC FIRE! Booster 7 with a long-duration Static Fire test.
"~20 sec firing with max oxygen fill to test autogenous pressurization" - was what
@elonmusk
preempted. Not sure how many Raptors, but looked great!
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This is a tricky one given that I believe said helium pressurization was added to the CH4 header tank to mitigate what happened with SN8.
That's why it's a test program, of course.
@austinbarnard45
SN10 engine was low on thrust due (probably) to partial helium ingestion from fuel header tank. Impact of 10m/s crushed legs & part of skirt. Multiple fixes in work for SN11.
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STATIC FIRE! Ship 24 fires up (maybe all six?) engines!
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@elonmusk
Does this sound about right, Elon?
Cryotest today, then WDR next week. Destack for 33 engine Static Fire. Final TPS work on Ship 24. Re-stack. Launch License.
Possible end of Feb/Early March if all goes well (per your previous timeline)?
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Ship 25 FTS triggered. But what a win!
Amazing performance from the Booster - firing all 33 going uphill. Hotstaging worked. All six engines on Ship 25 firing for a long duration.
And all our cams around the pad are OK. No rock tornados this time! Thanks Water Deluge System!
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STATIC FIRE! Booster 9 fires up its engines ahead of the next test launch of Starship.
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For those worried about birds getting spooked by Static Fires, I present Shuttle Discovery vs. Turkey Vultures.
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FTS abort. Well done Booster 7 (and Ship 24)! That was still a big win. Launch site is fine and got a lot of first stage data!
Next up, Booster 9!
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IGNITION! Starship SN6 Hop Test!
Under the power of Raptor SN29, SN6 has completed a near-mirror test of SN5's hop!
SUCCESS Again!
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Impressive meteor caught on one of our Starbase cams last night:
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STATIC FIRE! Booster 9 fires up 33 engines (pending confirmation). Potentially for the final time before launch day!
Super smooth count and that looked great! Full duration confirmed by SpaceX.
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The maiden launch of FH is still one of my go-to vids when I'm feeling a bit down.
#MoodImprover
Four Falcon Heavy flights later this year by an incredible team at SpaceX
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Raptor Relight - three engines. Flip complete. Landing burn, looks like two engines. SUCCESS!
Now for post landing safing.
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An amazing shot of Starship SN10's post-landing Rapid Unplanned Disassembly (RUD) after Wednesday's test flight.
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LAUNCH! Starship sets sail for the second time, as Booster 9 and Ship 25 depart Starbase.
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Wow,
@hazegrayart
does it again, with an imagining of Starship hot staging. Even has the SpaceXers and crowd reacting on the audio.
Multiview full vid:
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SpaceX Falcon Heavy is now vertical on 39A ahead of the launch of EchoStar 24 (Jupiter 3) tonight.
This will be the heaviest satellite launched to a geostationary transfer orbit, massing 9.2 tonnes.
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Larry knows the traditional way to greet a SpaceX pad ninja!
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STATIC FIRE! Booster 7 fires up multiple engines (maybe 3 - and for a decent number of seconds!). Wow!
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Booster 7 Static Fire! Single Raptor 2. Looked great!
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SpaceX's Starhopper conducts 150 meter test hop under the power of the SN6 Raptor!
THAT WAS AMAZING!
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STATIC FIRE! Ship 30 fires up at Masseys ahead of Flight 5 of Starship.
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SpaceX update on Starship.
Claims SpaceX has been ready to fly since August (vehicle readiness), but "recently received a launch license date estimate of late November from the FAA".
"This delay was not based on a new safety concern, but instead driven by superfluous
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FAA closes Starship mishap investigation from Booster 7/Ship 24's test flight. Following was emailed out by the FAA:
"The FAA has closed the SpaceX Starship Super Heavy mishap investigation.
"The final report cites multiple root causes of the April 20, 2023, mishap and 63
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Wow! Now imagine that back to the tower!
Super Heavy landing burn and soft splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico
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This is the correct way to set expectations for tomorrow and how to react if expectations are exceeded! 😅
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STATIC FIRE! Booster 11 fires up its Raptors ahead of the fourth flight of SpaceX's Starship!
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Full Chopstick lift of Booster 7. The first time a Super Heavy has been lifted by Mechazilla.
33 Raptor 2s:
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STATIC FIRE! Ship 29 fires up ahead of flying on the IFT-4 mission.
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LAUNCH! Starship takes flight, the world's most powerful rocket in history! Launch from Starbase, Texas.
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29 Raptors rolling down Highway 4.
Booster 4 making progress en route to the launch site.
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STATIC FIRE! Starship SN11 has fired up her three engines ahead of a test flight (as early as Tuesday), pending good test data (looked/sounded good!)
Status:
Live:
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Some interesting notes:
Flight 4 in a month or so. Aim to get through the high heating regime. Into the ocean at a controlled spot - a virtual tower (soft water landing technique).
If that works, "Flight 5 will land on the Tower" (catch the booster with the chopsticks).
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And the Launch Table is almost down onto the mount! A Super Heavy booster will park its aft on here in the near future!
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STATIC FIRE! Ship 28 conducts its Static Fire test at Starbase ahead of flight three of Starship.
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The next private mission, SpaceX Inspiration4, on a Crew Dragon....to orbit!
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STATIC FIRE! Ship 20 fires up, this time with feeling (thrust).
Very smooth countdown per the milestone flow to ignition.
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You really get to see the Grid Fins in action when the booster returned through a cloud layer.
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Behold! SpaceX Super Heavy Booster 4 and 29 Raptor engines.
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To the uninitiated and casual followers. IN THE LAST TWO DAYS SpaceX concluded the mission that returned US domestic crew launch and return capability, then test hopped a prototype rocket that is destined to be the first vehicle to land humans on Mars.
THAT'S why we're excited!
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Scrub called.
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Booster 9 Spin Prime test. Looked like a lot of engines.
Next up should be a Static Fire test in the coming days.
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Ship 26 Static Fire! The first Static Fire at Masseys.
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That's the record! Falcon 9 B1051 lands for the 12th time!
Landed on SpaceX Drone Ship "Just Read The Instructions".
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@elonmusk
What is the trick to human interstellar travel in your eyes? Wormholes, Warp Speed, or something else?
Yes, I watch way too much sci-fi. 😅
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SpaceX Hawthorne Mission Control (MCC-X) has been upgraded
Before and after!
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Heck!
Love the mega mach diamonds, but the whole thing is beautiful - including the sunrise!
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