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Spaceflight 🚀 @spaceflight@spacey.space · 4 months ago

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Prof Logsdon* expects big changes under #Trump, Mr #Musk and Mr #Isaacman: scrapping programmes, closing NASA centres and more contracting out to #SpaceX, #BlueOrigin and other private sector firms. "There is a delicate balance between the interests of #NASA, #Congress and the #WhiteHouse."

Mr Isaacman has called the #SLS "outrageously expensive" and said that the major aerospace contractors are "incentivised to be economically #inefficient". https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn93797z2dpo

* https://www.planetary.org/profiles/jon-logsdon

Spaceflight 🚀 @spaceflight@spacey.space · 4 months ago

📆 Thu Jan 16, 2025 23:00 CET ⌚ 23:00 CET https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nM3vGdanpw

#SpaceX #Starship

Spaceflight 🚀 @spaceflight@spacey.space · 4 months ago

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#SpaceX caught 🦾 the #SuperHeavy Booster, but seemed to lose communication with #Starship shortly after https://www.forbes.com/sites/tylerroush/2025/01/16/elon-musks-spacex-test-launch-of-starship-takes-off-after-delay-heres-what-to-know/

Astro Hawk (Ian Kluft) 🚀🛰️ @AstroHawk@spacey.space · 4 months ago

Musing out loud... since Starship 33 didn't finish its climb to orbit, or actually a very high suborbital trajectory since they didn't plan a burn to circularize the orbit, how far short did the debris come down. Southern Africa was underneath the intended path. It could have been one or more of falling short into the Atlantic Ocean, falling on Africa or going past Africa to the Indian Ocean. #SpaceX #Starship🚀 #NewSpace

Astro Hawk (Ian Kluft) 🚀🛰️ @AstroHawk@spacey.space · 4 months ago

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"Watch SpaceX Starship explode over Atlantic Ocean on Flight Test 7" by @Spacecom - It didn't take long to get an answer where Starship 33 debris came down. People posted videos from the Turks and Caicos Islands. So it made it past Florida to the Atlantic. Dramatic explosion and debris fall captured on several of them. https://www.space.com/space-exploration/private-spaceflight/watch-spacex-starship-explode-over-atlantic-ocean-on-flight-test-7-videos #SpaceX #Starship🚀 #NewSpace

Astro Hawk (Ian Kluft) 🚀🛰️ @AstroHawk@spacey.space · 4 months ago

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"Videos on social media show Starship debris streaming across the sky" video by NBC News - NBC anchor and expert where being correctly cautious about concluding the video was of Starship. But they also pointed out the video of debris fall matched the time Starship telemetry was lost on ascent and where it should have been at the time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0vRGkPsbYc #SpaceX #Starship🚀 #NewSpace

Astro Hawk (Ian Kluft) 🚀🛰️ @AstroHawk@spacey.space · 4 months ago

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"SpaceX loses Starship’s upper stage but catches booster" by @cosmiclog / @alanboyle - More expert observations of the SpaceX Starship launch failure, but successful booster recovery. https://cosmiclog.com/2025/01/16/spacex-loses-starships-upper-stage-but-catches-booster/#SpaceX #Starship🚀 #NewSpace

Astro Hawk (Ian Kluft) 🚀🛰️ @AstroHawk@spacey.space · 4 months ago

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"SpaceX Starship explosion likely caused by propellant leak, Elon Musk says" by @Spacecom - Fuel and oxidizer both leaking into a confined area would only need a flame or spark to explode. And "to build pressure in excess of the vent capacity" means it exploded. https://www.space.com/space-exploration/private-spaceflight/spacex-starship-explosion-likely-caused-by-propellant-leak-elon-musk-says #SpaceX #Starship🚀 #NewSpace

Daniel Pomarède @pomarede@mastodon.social · 4 months ago

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SpaceX, Andor, same vibe...

#SpaceX #StarWars #Andor

SpaceX's Starship rapid unscheduled disassembly captured by Dean Olson

Astro Hawk (Ian Kluft) 🚀🛰️ @AstroHawk@spacey.space · 4 months ago

"SpaceX loses spacecraft after catching rocket booster at the launch pad in latest Starship test" by @AssociatedPress / Marcia Dunn - More details on what SpaceX hoped to achieve and what happened on Starship test flight 7. https://apnews.com/article/spacex-elon-musk-starship-e165e81ed2350ce684c7ed8d9357d7ba #SpaceX #Starship🚀 #NewSpace #business

Astro Hawk (Ian Kluft) 🚀🛰️ @AstroHawk@spacey.space · 4 months ago

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Astro Hawk (Ian Kluft) 🚀🛰️ @AstroHawk@spacey.space · 4 months ago

"SpaceX loses Starship mid-flight, but catches booster again after launch" by CNBC / @michaelsheetz - Second successful catch of the enormous 1st stage booster by the tower arms, which many doubted would work until the first catch. 2nd stage lost contact during boost, presumably breaking up, and did not reach orbit. The lost 2nd stage was a new Block 2 model flying for the first time. https://www.cnbc.com/2025/01/16/spacex-launch-starship-flight-seven-starlink-satellite-test.html #SpaceX #Starship🚀 #NewSpace #business

Astro Hawk (Ian Kluft) 🚀🛰️ @AstroHawk@spacey.space · 4 months ago

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Astro Hawk (Ian Kluft) 🚀🛰️ @AstroHawk@spacey.space · 4 months ago

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orbitalmayo @orbitalmayo@mastodon.social · 4 months ago

Ship 33 will also be used to test the deployment of 10 payload dummies. These are similar weights and sizes to the upcoming next generation Starlink sats.

#space #spacex #starship #ift7 #LaunchInformation #bocachica #texas #newspace #launch #rocket

orbitalmayo @orbitalmayo@mastodon.social · 4 months ago

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"A block of planned upgrades to the Starship upper stage will debut on this flight test, bringing major improvements to reliability and performance. The vehicle’s forward flaps have been reduced in size and shifted towards the vehicle tip and away from the heat shield, significantly reducing their exposure to reentry heating while simplifying the underlying mechanisms and protective tiling" -SpaceX

#space #spacex #starship #ift7 #LaunchInformation #bocachica #texas #newspace #launch #rocket

orbitalmayo @orbitalmayo@mastodon.social · 4 months ago

Ship 33: This is the first Block 2/v2 upper stage of Starship, it features various improvements over previous ships. The item to watch is the new forward fins. Many changes are internal and/or software so won't be visible.

Booster 14: A Block 1 booster. Notably, Raptor #314 (Pi engine) from the recovered booster from IFT-5 will be reused on this flight.

#space #spacex #starship #ift7 #LaunchInformation #bocachica #texas #newspace #launch #rocket

orbitalmayo @orbitalmayo@mastodon.social · 4 months ago

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Ship 33 will also be used to test the deployment of 10 payload dummies. These are similar weights and sizes to the upcoming next generation Starlink sats.

#space #spacex #starship #ift7 #LaunchInformation #bocachica #texas #newspace #launch #rocket

orbitalmayo @orbitalmayo@mastodon.social · 4 months ago

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Booster 14: A Block 1 booster. Notably, Raptor #314 (Pi engine) from the recovered booster from IFT-5 will be reused on this flight.

#space #spacex #starship #ift7 #LaunchInformation #bocachica #texas #newspace #launch #rocket

Ship 33 (the first Starship v2) against a pale dusk sky. The launch tower catch arms are visible either side of the vehicle. The heat shield tiles are facing the camera.

The very top of the booster and some of the grid fins can be seen down the bottom of the image. — Ship 33 (the first Starship v2) against a pale dusk sky. The launch tower catch arms are visible either side of the vehicle. The heat shield tiles are facing the camera. The very top of the booster and some of the grid fins can be seen down the bottom of the image.

orbitalmayo @orbitalmayo@mastodon.social · 4 months ago

SpaceX "currently do not have comms with the ship". No cause or further updates yet. Flight engineers currently checking systems.

#space #spacex #starship #ift7 #LaunchInformation #bocachica #texas #newspace #launch #rocket

orbitalmayo @orbitalmayo@mastodon.social · 4 months ago

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"Teams are actively working". Continuing to listen in for any updates. Hosts are saying it could be a comms loss, but this is still pretty major. Losing ALL contact with the ground is not the type of issue you want to be happening.

I'm personally thinking an anomaly or RUD is more likely at this point.

#space #spacex #starship #ift7 #LaunchInformation #bocachica #texas #newspace #launch #rocket