orbitalmayo
orbitalmayo  Β·  3 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  Β·  3 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  Β·  3 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  Β·  3 months ago

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Some good coverage that doesn't require using X:

[4K] Everyday Astronaut: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Px_b5eSzsA

[1080p] Spaceflight Now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yCG1T06jlk

[1080p] NSF: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhJRzQsLZGg

[1080p] WAI: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NupMFUk0Og

[1080p] LapPadre: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8Bn5BrZix8

As usual, be aware that "official" streams from SpaceX on YT are fake. SpaceX no longer broadcast to YT directly. Please report them.

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

Spaceflight πŸš€
Spaceflight πŸš€  Β·  4 months ago

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πŸ”΄ October 8, 2024 #RocketLab will challenge the program to hit a πŸ“† 2028 launch window https://spacenews.com/nasa-awards-rocket-lab-study-contract-for-mars-sample-return

πŸ“† December 2, 2024 #SpaceX would rely on #Starship. Canceling #MSR would open the door for #China πŸ‡¨πŸ‡³ to become the first nation to return samples from #Marshttps://spacenews.com/foust-forward-who-gets-the-final-word-on-mars-sample-return

#Mars#SampleReturn#NASA #commercial#Neutron

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