TonyCarter
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Wet test only today due to a pressure leak
Space X Starship Test Flight
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robin h 25
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Starship aborted/scrubbed...
Next possible attempt in around 48 Hours, 19th April🤞.
Love this shot under the Orbital Launch Platform of all 33 engines
Next possible attempt in around 48 Hours, 19th April🤞.
Love this shot under the Orbital Launch Platform of all 33 engines
robin h 25
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Starship 2nd launch attempt is on April 20th at 8:28am CT, that's 2:28pm for UK, it only has a 62 minute launch window,
SpaceX Live stream
SpaceX Live stream
robin h 25
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Starship, T-Minus 25 minutes to launch.^ SpaceX live stream is live in above post^
robin h 25
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Starship flight termination system was activated and starship was destroyed during stage separation event, it failed to separate and caused starship to spin out of control,
Despite this SpaceX got some good data from this first starship first launch attempt,
Tweet in from Elon...
Despite this SpaceX got some good data from this first starship first launch attempt,
Tweet in from Elon...
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TonyCarter
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I can hardly get my 'modified' aerial pyrotechnics to perform reliably, so I never under-value the effort put in to something like this.
robin h 25
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Pictures in of the ground / crater left under the launch platform...
Orbital launch platform about two weeks before launch
Orbital launch platform after starship launched
Orbital launch platform about two weeks before launch
Orbital launch platform after starship launched
robin h 25
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I wonder what the insurance claim process would be for this poor mini van and other people's camera equipment left around this site to capture this launch...
“You do realise that your policy doesn’t include acts of god, sir?”
“Yes, but this wasn’t god’s fault, it was Elon Musk’s fault”
“Ah, an act of sod. In that case, let’s proceed with your claim form”
robin h 25
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So.. after starship's launch and the destruction it left behind, chunks of concrete flying everywhere and almost a complete destruction of the orbital launch mount with the huge crater left in it's place...
Those's 33 raptor engine were just to powerful for a concrete floor, hence crater,
The orbital launch mount has finally been repaired with a serious upgrade, instead of a concrete floor, it now has a huge thick water cooled metal plate / water deluge system in place to prevent what happened with the last launch attempt,
Some renders of the upgrade...
As the orbital launch mount has been repaired, here is a video of the water deluge system in action as the orbital launch mount come back to life...
SpaceX still has an FAA licence to fly the next starship until the 15th of December 2023 i believe, We could see the next starship test flight before then🤞.
Those's 33 raptor engine were just to powerful for a concrete floor, hence crater,
The orbital launch mount has finally been repaired with a serious upgrade, instead of a concrete floor, it now has a huge thick water cooled metal plate / water deluge system in place to prevent what happened with the last launch attempt,
Some renders of the upgrade...
As the orbital launch mount has been repaired, here is a video of the water deluge system in action as the orbital launch mount come back to life...
SpaceX still has an FAA licence to fly the next starship until the 15th of December 2023 i believe, We could see the next starship test flight before then🤞.
robin h 25
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SpaceX has conducted another orbital launch mount/ water deluge test, This time with super heavy booster number 9 on the mount which is there to soon start it static fire engine testing...
Super heavy booster 9 and Starship 25 are the next in line for the integrated test flight.
Here's a better look at the new water cooled metal plate floor..
Hopefully starship won't dig out another crater and almost destroy is launch mount when it next take it's test flight.
Video of the water deluge test looking down at the metal plate
Super heavy booster 9 and Starship 25 are the next in line for the integrated test flight.
Here's a better look at the new water cooled metal plate floor..
Hopefully starship won't dig out another crater and almost destroy is launch mount when it next take it's test flight.
Video of the water deluge test looking down at the metal plate
robin h 25
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SpaceX jumped into the deep end and went straight into a 33 engine static fire test with the water deluge system in action,
During the static fire test, 4 of the 33 engines shutdown, so it ended up as a 29 engine static fire test, SpaceX are going to remove the 4 engines that shutdown and replace them with 4 new engines and then conduct another 33 engine static fire test...
A video from a SpaceX drone watching the static fire test...
During the static fire test, 4 of the 33 engines shutdown, so it ended up as a 29 engine static fire test, SpaceX are going to remove the 4 engines that shutdown and replace them with 4 new engines and then conduct another 33 engine static fire test...
A video from a SpaceX drone watching the static fire test...
robin h 25
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SpaceX has announced that Starship is ready for it's second integrated test flight, It is looking to launch around mid November...
https://www.spacex.com/launches/mission/?missionId=starship-flight-2
Hopefully within the next 2-3 weeks, The countdown clock to launch, starts it's countdown, Space X are giving this test flight a 60% chance to success.
robin h 25
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Starship 2nd integrated test flight,
The countdown clock to launch is now ticking down, Friday 17th at 7am CT ( 1pm for us in the UK) there's a 2 hour launch window
T-Minus - 1 day ,12 hours .
The countdown clock to launch is now ticking down, Friday 17th at 7am CT ( 1pm for us in the UK) there's a 2 hour launch window
T-Minus - 1 day ,12 hours .
robin h 25
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Starship launch has been delayed by 24 hours but the countdown to launch still continues...
New launch attempt is now Saturday 18th at 7am CT ( 1pm UK ).
New launch attempt is now Saturday 18th at 7am CT ( 1pm UK ).
robin h 25
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Less than T- Minus 2 hours for starship launch...
The rocket should be starting to fuel up,
The launch window for today is only open for 20 minutes at 1pm...
Some live stream ongoing for this test flight...
Watch from SpaceX website, It will go live about 30 minutes before launch
https://www.spacex.com/launches/mission/?missionId=starship-flight-2
Everyday Astronaut...
NasaSpaceflight...
LabPadre Space...
The rocket should be starting to fuel up,
The launch window for today is only open for 20 minutes at 1pm...
Some live stream ongoing for this test flight...
Watch from SpaceX website, It will go live about 30 minutes before launch
https://www.spacex.com/launches/mission/?missionId=starship-flight-2
Everyday Astronaut...
NasaSpaceflight...
LabPadre Space...
robin h 25
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This Starship launch was flawless, All 33 engine active and running right up to stage separation, but this test flight ended again with the flight termination being triggered on both Starship and Booster🚀💥,
They managed to achieve more and go further and get more data with this test flight than the first test flight back in April
Videos..
Starship launch...
Starship separation from booster...
Pictures...
They managed to achieve more and go further and get more data with this test flight than the first test flight back in April
Videos..
Starship launch...
Starship separation from booster...
Pictures...
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robin h 25
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Pictures just in of the launch mount after Starship 2nd test flight,
The new water cooled metal plate floor looks like it held up to the immense forces of those 33 engines,( no crater )
The launch mount looks in great shape though a little charred.
The new water cooled metal plate floor looks like it held up to the immense forces of those 33 engines,( no crater )
The launch mount looks in great shape though a little charred.