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Grid fin before and after staging. Wonder what they'll do about this
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hold on, I was NOT aware that all 4 of these happened in the same year. Wow
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this has gotta be the only rocket to be back on its pad on the same day it flew.
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Starship's flaps turn blue from hotstaging alone! I never noticed this.
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I noticed that the engines triangular plume that flips at RVac ignition isn't aligned with the engines that light, and is instead in the exact opposite place you'd expect it to be. Really weird.
Flight 3 Starship completed a full-duration static fire with all six of its Raptor engines
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this has rather interesting implications, and i’m not exactly sure what they are. (during landing burn)
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The whole rocket nearly tipped over and disintegrated which wouldve rained SRB fireworks all over the Cape, and it doesn't require an investigation or grounding, yet a booster tips over hundreds of miles out on a barge and that does. Does anyone agree with the reasoning there?.
The FAA has determined that no investigation is warranted at this time for the SRB anomaly on the Vulcan launch this morning.
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This aged just amazingly didn’t it.
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I just found this on google, I don't remember ever seeing this angle of the pad damage
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“150 meters” That absolutely had to be a mistake, I refuse to believe this is actually something they’re considering
Some highlights on the Starship side of the All Hands. Flight 2 Ship 25 EOM:. "So Flight 2 actually almost made it to orbit. In fact, ironically, if it had a payload, it would have made it to orbit, because the reason that it actually didn't quite make it to orbit was we vented
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Starship had a mass of around 1000 tons when it passed the Karman line, is this the heaviest man made object in space?
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when you dont feel like figuring out blender:
#Starship S29's flip and landing. A short CG recreation to better visualize how the Y+ FWD flap completely detached. More in the below thread
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ah yes, reentering sideways and engine first it somehow managed to make it near peak heating.
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I find it hilarious how this lazily made SpaceX graphic ended up being precisely what happened
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Super Heavy entry velocity vs Falcon 9 at 25km. Why is SH having issues with the nozzles overheating when it's entry is way less hot?
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So after an incredibly long 335 launch streak and 254 landing streak, theyve had 2 second stage failures and a landing failure (albeit on a life leader) all within 25 flights. Is it really just bad odds? Or has something changed?.
After today’s successful launch of Crew-9, Falcon 9’s second stage was disposed in the ocean as planned, but experienced an off-nominal deorbit burn. As a result, the second stage safely landed in the ocean, but outside of the targeted area. We will resume launching after we.
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theyre going to use it as RCS now obviously.
Ever wondered if Raptor can do 5 firings back-to-back? Well wonder no more!. This appears to be a relight test of the Raptor engine at SpaceX in McGregor, TX. @NASASpaceflight
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I think we owe Sudoer an apology, wow.
News: SpaceX is apparently planning to reuse the 314 Raptor engine. It previously flew on Booster 12 during Flight 5 and is expected to be used again on Booster 14 for Flight 7.
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Revert to VAB
Starship preparing to launch as early as November 17, pending final regulatory approval →
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uh, does this count?
What will be the first methane engine to be recovered from space?.
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I heard rumors they went to full throttle on this one as an explanation for the additional pad damage. I'm not really seeing that.
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I remind you NASA is currently in the process of destroying every single usable shuttle engine.
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Wait a second. Falcon 1 flight 1 failed during first stage flight, so did Starship flight 1. Falcon 1 flight 2 nearly made it to orbit but was just short and so was Starship flight 2. given this, we should be expecting B10 to ram into the back of S28 during flight 3.
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has spacex used emojis before?.
33 Raptor engines powering the Super Heavy booster off the pad from Starbase 🔥🔥🔥
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Starship is now 0.4% reusable by weight, 99.6% to go!.
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Isn’t it ironic that I have a model of 1058, and the landing leg broke off.
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what kind of mysterious work goes on in the launch ring after every flight? The most I've heard of is clamps and burn plates being swapped, I wouldn't imagine that taking this long though.
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ah yes, so first it was "SpaceX will fail and they're scamming the taxpayers" and now its "theyre too successful they need to be stopped".
Of the 104 successful US space launches last year, 96 were done by SpaceX (92%). But we're not supposed to be concerned about a monopoly. .
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Flight 1 top speed: 607 m/s. Flight 2 top speed: 6701 m/s. Flight 3 top speed: 7432 m/s.
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exact time of day for catch attempt, assuming the launch time remains the same
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ah yes, the 2 side boosters will RTLS and land on the landing pads, while the center core will be performing a runway landing
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y'know I could've sworn a bunch of people told me that the tiles are just speed sensitive and that's why there was this big difference between 24 and 25. Given the results of 28's flight, it's almost like 25's heatshield was worse than usual!
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he's talking about starship lmao.
Testing X Streaming & Starlink
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“both flights ended in roughly the same way”. They completely ignore the massive progress shown between the two flights and just consider it a binary situation. Amazing.
I am actually shocked by this latest segment from @60Minutes about the Artemis program and Starship. The way it was all worded was shameful. "RUD is SpaceX speak for "our Starship rocket just blew up again". "And now you've seen some of the perils of relying on SpaceX"
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You can see the holddown arms retracting in this shot . @CSI_Starbase
Engine ignition and liftoff of Starship on Flight 4 as seen from the launch tower
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3 sea level engines gimbaled out to avoid the interstage heatshield dome
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looks like they might try to fix the payload door issue and try again on flight 5
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"During this phase, automated health checks of critical hardware on the launch and catch tower triggered an abort of the catch attempt". Tower's fault.
With data and flight learnings as our primary payload, Starship’s sixth flight test once again delivered →
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this seemingly makes for possible one month turnarounds already, if there weren't corrective actions to do each time.
STATIC FIRE! Booster 11 fires up its Raptors ahead of the fourth flight of SpaceX's Starship!. ➡️
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considering this happens on every single flight they must have a serious mouse problem huh.
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The skirt looks so weird now
The seventh flight test of Starship is preparing to launch as soon as Monday, January 13. Teams at Starbase are keeping an eye on weather conditions for preflight operations →
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Fun fact: Had SpaceX gone with a profile for flight 4 where the ship kamikazes into the ocean like the plan for flight 3, everyone wouldve commonly agreed that there was no way in hell Ship 29 was capable of landing after that reentry.
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Definitely nozzle failure, ULA calling nominal first stage is mildly annoying. Is this is enough to require another cert flight? Also is it a 2-in-a-row requirement or just 2?.
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I thought I had accidentally clicked the SpaceX tab, but no, this is the actual manifest
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Wait a second-. If you put this on Falcon Heavy fully expendable, could it get Orion to TLI without the ICPS?. Asking for a friend of course.
Introducing #Helios, our new high-performance kick stage. Helios is designed to transfer 5+ tons from LEO to GEO in under 24 hours, dramatically cutting customer launch costs and time to operations. Check the design specs 👉
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I can’t tell if this is a higher res shot than we got originally or if it’s just a screenshot from the stream.
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why does the door look like this now?.
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Everyone naturally feels impressed by this because they havent seen it before, I do too, but what about running a rocket engine this long is actually difficult? If the engine is reusable it should be able to handle a lot more than this in wear, thats like 4 flights of burn time.
WOW! A Raptor just fired for the longest duration ever and by some margin at McGregor just now. A full 897 seconds! Nearly 15 minutes!!. Just seeing how long it could keep going for @elonmusk? .
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Glad they replaced those gridfin actuators! They really helped in flight!.
The hot staging ring has been reinstalled onto Booster 9 after successful replacement and testing of 3 new grid fin actuators. Next up is full stacking. 11/17/23.
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maybe the first booster to get reflown right here.
Flight 7: Booster 14 is now outside ahead of rolling to the launch site.
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Too many engines, eh?.
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I wouldn't be surprised if they have the onboards in perfect quality for the entire flight and they just don't feel like showing them.
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Notice the delay between the flash from engine ignition and the audio of engine ignition. The tower is tall enough that there's actually a noticeable sound delay.
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It's interesting that flight pairs consistently go to Massey's together. This is S28/B10 for flight 3 in image 1, S29/B11 for flight 4 in image 2, and S30/B12 for flight 5 in image 3.
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*3 years later*. "Vehicle for the second flight test of Starship completed its 100th wet dress rehearsal today. Vehicle is ready, pending regulatory approval".
Vehicle is ready for the second test flight of a fully integrated Starship, pending regulatory approval
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WE HAVE REACHED UNPRECEDENTED LEVELS OF OVER.
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"notmars dont mean anything".
Starship’s fifth flight test is preparing to launch as soon as October 13, pending regulatory approval →
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I had someone bet me their entire paycheck Starship wouldnt be ready again this year. Went back to look for their tweets and theyre deleted.
Stage Zero post IFT 1 vs pre IFT 2. Starbase Flyover Update Video.Link: Editor: Bon Baguette.Writers: @DJEsmeraldMusic @ColeWZY Llama.Research/media: Vanta, Stephanie & Sheperd.Graphics: @BingoBoca
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I think they may have cranked up the power on the suction cup testers lol.
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