Space X

firemansam4 · 21-04-2023 11:05pm

Intersesting, but back to Elon timelines again....

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1649523985837686784?t=52-bShBqETa_FsYfqusd4w&s=19

xper · 22-04-2023 11:21am

Yeah, that OLM damage is probably the biggest negative mark out of this test. There’s not only the crater itself and it’s undermining if the mount, but also where all that material ended up. The high speed projectiles filmed hitting the various YouTubers remote cameras and cloud of dust falling on the nearby towns would not be welcome by their neighbours at the Cape!

it’s very possible that the bulk of the problems on the vehicle itself were down to flying debris and that if they solve that, they have a working booster. But it might take a significant OLM redesign, we’ll see if this BF Metal Plate cuts it

xper · 22-04-2023 1:34pm

Excellent matter-of-fact analysis from Scott Manley as always ("Holy Shitballs, its going" excepted🤣)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8q24QLXixo

Quantum Erasure · 27-05-2023 2:58am

SpaceX just posted a vid on Twitter of the launch, Elon replied underneath, looking like maybe August for next launch attempt

https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1662251874936934400

@elonmusk

Major launchpad upgrades should be complete in about a month, then another month of rocket testing on pad, then flight 2 of Starship

2:05 AM · May 27, 2023

Quantum Erasure · 13-06-2023 7:27pm

@NASASpaceflight

Elon says the next Starship launch is in 6-8 weeks.

And this is where the replies to that timeline are all "No chance, bruv!"

Not impossible. Pad mods are in the final stage now. Ship 25 is about to Static Fire. Install steel plates and deluge system, do some OLM testing. Get the Tank Farm ready to rock and roll. Rollout Booster 9. Static Fire B9. Stack the vehicles. More testing. FAA says "Ye!" Send it.

Possible ship 25 static fire as soon as tomorrow..?

Quantum Erasure · 25-06-2023 3:12am

Just seen this from Chris Bergin (not affiliated to NASA) quote tweeting a now deleted Elon Musk tweet, so....

@NASASpaceflight

Elon says there's a much higher chance of getting to orbit with the second test flight due to vast amount of mods.

Late breaking change to staging - now hot staging(!).

"Never stop thrusting" - Elon Musk

Ship engines will fire up before all the Booster engines shutdown. Now need vents for hot staging. Adding an extension to the booster that is all vent and more shielding to the top of the booster. It's the most risking thing for the next flight.

Launch pad upgrades and Booster/Ship ready in six weeks.

1000 cubic meters of steel reinforcement below the OLM. Then a steel sandwich water suppression system on top, with overkill to help the base of the pad.

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1672607239608172544…

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A couple of comments underneath:

Capt'n Midnight · 25-06-2023 9:52am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120502715#Comment_120502715

Not in a row but SpaceX recently had their 200th rocket landing after an orbital launch. https://www.space.com/spacex-200th-rocket-landing-video

Capt'n Midnight · 25-06-2023 10:20am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120762034#Comment_120762034

Hot staging solves problems. No ullage issues so turbopumps are getting proper liquid diet and aren't gulping gases. The Russians were big fans of this prior to Angara.

Meanwhile over at ULA they have painted themselves into a corner and are dependant on snout in the trough Bezos' engine. But think of the time they saved by not going with Rocketdyne “Certified AR1 engines, in rate production, will be available in 2019 — before any competitor’s engine,”

https://spaceflightnow.com/2023/06/20/ulas-delta-rocket-assembly-line-falls-silent/

Quantum Erasure · 27-06-2023 1:02am

seems to be some testing going on, possible 6 engine static fire on Ship 25

10 minute siren just sounded

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iv-TSySI6DY

Edit: video here, 5 second static fire

@SpaceX Ship 25 completes a six-engine static fire test at Starbase in Texas https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1673509777819967488

firemansam4 · 28-07-2023 9:41pm

https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/status/1684990065938706452?t=c7x2DVuhPATZGJ0alWvIDw&s=19

Full pressure deluge test, looks pretty impressive, will it be enough?

Shlippery · 08-08-2023 3:36pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-zgmwCyLmk

Nice. Will the pad survive the next attempt?

Poulgorm · 27-08-2023 7:36pm

Assuming that they get the Super Heavy rocket to work, will they ever launch it from Cape Kennedy?

Shlippery · 29-08-2023 11:23am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121035365#Comment_121035365

Last I heard they were building a tower at pad 39a, but haven't had any updates this year that I can see? I remember seeing videos of the tower segments being built there!

jogdish · 29-08-2023 2:46pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121041730#Comment_121041730

Ya was all going full steam ahead, then the first flight test and the launch pad and they seemed to think ' oh ya lets see if the design actually works in Bocca before building a second one ' :)

I had heard, raising the OLM table, some beefing up of the draw works for the tower were being considered and im sure other quality of life things. There is probably some legal thing where they have to be seen doing something while 'renting/long term renting the pad'

Lastly they are in constant comms with NASA, so they might be waiting on input there or NASA might just want proof the stage zero system works first. It's spacex, like a child seeing a shiny thing.

Shlippery · 30-08-2023 11:14am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121042663#Comment_121042663

D'oh, that makes a lot of sense! Things do appear to be progressing nicely at Boca Chica though. Roll on IFT2!

Quantum Erasure · 06-09-2023 9:46pm

@StarshipGazer

Starship 25 stacked on Super Heavy Booster 9 today. Launching soon! Current launch window is 9/8 to 9/13 (9:10 am to 12:50pm each day)

thats Friday through till Wednesday, 15:10 to 18:50 Irish time each day

jogdish · 10-09-2023 4:55pm

So X is kinda hard to follow in terms of chronological order, but seems FAA closed the report and suggested 63 items with 6 being for post Flight 2, so 57 for flight test 2 and there is a tweet showing that SpaceX have complied with all 57.

Guessing I would imagine, WDR and destack for FTS and restack and Go, I'll say last week of september.

Westernyelp · 10-09-2023 6:22pm

Hopefully they don't blow the place up again and the launch cadence increases from now on.

AMKC · 10-09-2023 8:48pm

Oh this will be amazing to see. Can not wait.

AMKC · 11-10-2023 7:28pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121078402#Comment_121078402

Well this obviously never happened. Any idea when the next launch window is?

Westernyelp · 11-10-2023 7:55pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121225210#Comment_121225210

Whenever the FAA give the go ahead. November possibly

3d4life · 11-10-2023 8:09pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121225320#Comment_121225320

Have Fish & Wildlife given approval ?

Quantum Erasure · 15-11-2023 10:42pm

FAA have issued launch licence, we are a go for Friday

@SpaceX

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17m

Targeting Friday, November 17 for Starship’s second flight test. A two-hour launch window opens at 7:00 a.m. CT [1pm Irish time]→ http://spacex.com/launches

Quantum Erasure · 16-11-2023 8:52pm

Launch attempt put back 24 hours

@elonmusk

We need to replace a grid fin actuator, so launch is postponed to Saturday

AMKC · 18-11-2023 1:41pm

Less than 20 minutes to the big launch to go.

Can't wait.

This will be Awesome!!!!

Ghost Train · 18-11-2023 1:42pm

Bump...

20min to launch window opening (20min window maybe)

Looking good so far

rameire · 18-11-2023 2:20pm

That was good to watch.

Stage 1 RUD.

Stage 2 to be confirmed but possible RUD at a height of 148km, so made it to space.

Ghost Train · 18-11-2023 2:20pm

Looks like mostly successful, and good seperation but didn't get into orbit or terminated just as it got there

Westernyelp · 18-11-2023 2:23pm

How's the launchpad looking?

rameire · 18-11-2023 2:24pm

Some dents but looks better than last time.

NSF are still live.

AMKC · 18-11-2023 4:02pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121384224#Comment_121384224

Good to watch it was Awesome. 33 rapture engines all working perfectly together and barely any pollution from the rocket. The gases coming from it were so clear you could still see all the rockets. How awesome is that?

Just water and CO2 from them.

Plus it was a huge Success. Starship and the booster made a successful separation and that was that main aim.

Icyseanfitz · 18-11-2023 5:39pm

Amazing photo, hopefully the wait for the next launch won't be as long, I wonder how many of these iterative tests can they keep feasibly doing though if they keep losing stage 1+2. How many raptor engines can they produce per annum

Poulgorm · 19-11-2023 12:17pm

I assume when they get to the stage of attempting a soft landing return to earth, their initial attempt wont be to land at the chopstick structure.

They could demolish it, if it goes even slightly wrong.

Is the booster too heavy to land on a barge? What about the upper stage?

Cookiemunster · 19-11-2023 6:18pm

The plan yesterday, if the vehicles hadn't exploded, was a soft landing at sea for the booster and a splash down North of Hawaii for the starship.

The raptor engines in these early vehicles are intended to be expendable.

Icyseanfitz · 19-11-2023 11:30pm

Amazing

whyulittle · 20-11-2023 12:27am

That's a render.

https://twitter.com/AlexSvanArt/status/1726354926299717888

Quantum Erasure · 21-12-2023 12:20am

They're continuing on getting ready for test flight 3, starship (not sure what number) had a full static fire today.

Hopefully we won't have to wait as long for the next flight as we did for the last

https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1737603984997933181

theres a couple more views of it in the thread here:

https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1737603984997933181

MonkieSocks · 06-02-2024 1:13pm

Maybe the wrong place to post this but, enjoy

Catching a SpaceX Falcon 9 launch from Cape Canaveral while staring out of a plane.

https://twitter.com/i/status/1747758660900528536

Quantum Erasure · 06-03-2024 3:05pm

I see SpaceX have a broadcast scheduled for Starship flight test 3, for March 14, starting 11:30 am Irish time

They also did a full dress rehearsal on Monday, some cool pics in the link

https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1764697392128156144

Quantum Erasure · 07-03-2024 3:39am

https://www.spacex.com/launches/mission/?missionId=starship-flight-3

UPCOMING LAUNCH

STARSHIP'S THIRD FLIGHT TEST

The third flight test of Starship could launch as soon as March 14, pending regulatory approval.

A live webcast of the flight test will begin about 30 minutes before liftoff, which you can watch here and on X @SpaceX. As is the case with all developmental testing, the schedule is dynamic and likely to change, so be sure to stay tuned to our X account for updates.

...

The third flight test aims to build on what we’ve learned from previous flights while attempting a number of ambitious objectives, including the successful ascent burn of both stages, opening and closing Starship’s payload door, a propellant transfer demonstration

during the upper stage’s coast phase, the first ever re-light of a Raptor engine while in space, and a controlled reentry of Starship. It will also fly a new trajectory, with Starship targeted to splashdown in the Indian Ocean.

Quantum Erasure · 13-03-2024 7:04pm

Mary

@BocaChicaGal

I have been notified that Village evacuation is a GO for launch attempt tomorrow! 🔥🚀🔥

Nate--IRL-- · 13-03-2024 9:05pm

Is there any estimates of launch time?

Nate

rameire · 13-03-2024 9:20pm

Really any time from midday tomorrow till around 1.30pm

rameire · 13-03-2024 9:22pm

Nasaspaceflight will probably be live early in the day doing their maths figuring out how it is progressing and spacex feed will probably go live at 11.40am

AMKC · 13-03-2024 10:30pm

So exciting. I thought it was today. Thought I had missed it. Looking forward to it. I see Elon Musk was at his Tesla factory in Berlin today.

Nate--IRL-- · 14-03-2024 12:32pm

Looks like there is an hour to go....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixZpBOxMopc

Nate

Shlippery · 14-03-2024 2:24pm

https://twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1LyxBnOvzvOxN 2 mins to go!

AMKC · 14-03-2024 2:27pm

Exciting !

Shlippery · 14-03-2024 2:37pm

just wow!

Starship still cruising, Hot staging worked this time around, looks like the booster failed / couldn't relight it's engines during re-entry but pending further info...

Overall though,very impressive stuff and amazing vews!

MayoForSam · 14-03-2024 3:48pm

Looks like Starship broke up during re-entry, didn't make it to splashdown, otherwise a very successful test. It was cool to see live video of the re-entry and the plasma showing on the leading edges using a Starlink hook-up.

Space X

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