This SpaceX’s new Raptor vacuum engine is lighting during a test.
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SpaceX is making a fuss these days. Only Elon Musk’s company is not fast Starship developed prototypes and sent them into the air, It is also hitting the gas on the development of its new Raptor vacuum engine, which is an engine optimized for use in space.
The company Tweeted some gruesome footage A full-term test fire of the Raptor vacuum engine at SpaceX’s rocket development facility in McGregor, Texas, on Thursday. “It’s an explosion.
Look carefully and you will see a small flame before the whole engine kicks. “Preburners will burn, then the main chamber,” Kasturi explained on Twitter.
Raptor engines are built to orbit the next pay generation starship. But SpaceX is looking better from Earth and has it Look at the moon And finally a trip to Mars. Some powerful engines will be needed to achieve those goals.
To get an idea of the difference between a regular raptor designed to operate well on a sea surface and a raptor vacuum, check. The photo of SpaceX shows a human for respect.
Note the radical difference in size between the brick-shaped parts. Starships can be finished using a combination of engines.
Engine tests are some of the most spectacular moments in spacecraft development. A fiesta of fiery energy raja and a preview of the beginning of Earth-shaking for SpaceX, as it is about to send the starship into orbit.
