Starship SN9 in flight.
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The SpaceX Starship rocket prototype, SN10, will ignite its engines for split seconds on Wednesday afternoon, but an issue with the launch process automatically triggered an abortion. Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX, said the rocket had a “slightly higher high thrust limit” but The team will recycle the propellant and try again. The company is now planning to try again on PT at noon and if you want to watch live, we will cover you.
These prototype tests are coming very fast for SpaceX’s Starship program. Just weeks after his predecessor The SN9 flew high and then crashed On the Gulf Coast of Texas, the SN10 will try to improve that performance. Keep checking back here as we will be embedding Lifestem for the next attempt. Alternatively, you can take a look at the SpaceX website, which starts streaming about five minutes before the flight.
The SN10 and SN9 are the latest iterations of the SpaceX and Elon Musk starship prototypes that the company is developing in full view at its facility in Boca Chika, Texas (or Starbase, Because it can be known quickly). Kasturi promises that this The next pay generation rocket Will be able to travel revolutionary point-to-point around the world, As well as sending civilians to the moon, Mars and beyond.
Over the past few years, Starship prototypes have progressed from short, low-itude altitude “hops” to high-itude altitude flight performance. The previous two serial numbers, SN8 and SN9, both flew higher than commercial jet cruises, but then came for explosive hard landings.
Musk warned in advance of the tests that he expects such “fast-harvesting” events to be part of the development process.
SpaceX SN8 flew high and landed hard.
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Following SN8’s flight and crash landing in December, SN9’s follow-up flight experienced a series of delays during January. It was revealed that SN8 was launched without all the necessary approvals from the Federal Aviation Administration, and the FAAA then developed a kind of starring contest, after which it took time to issue a launch license for SN9.
In the end, the FAA was satisfied with the safety precautions for the test flight and the SN9 finally in February. Flying on the 2nd, the FAA announced that it would investigate the landing “accident.”
On Feb. 19, an FAA spokesman said in an email that the agency had closed its investigation into the landing crash, adding that “license updates for the SN10 test flight are pending FAA approval.”
“The SN9 vehicle failed within the scope of the FAA safety analysis. Its failed landing and explosion did not endanger the public or property. All debris was put at designated risk. Possible causes and FAAA approved the final crash report. Correction measures.”
Until February 22, Christian Davenport was reporting for The Washington Post The FAA has been given a launch license, paving the way for the launch of the SN10 following a static test fire.
That test happened on Tuesday, and SpaceX was not satisfied with the result. S.N. One of the 10’s Raptor engines disappeared and another test fire was completed Thursday. A launch was denied on Friday, and SpaceX over the weekend also chose not to try on Monday.
Once the SN10 is ready for flight check back here for updates (again). We will also include a livestream link here when it becomes available.
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