Spaceflight πŸš€
Spaceflight πŸš€  Β·  10 months ago

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#Moon πŸŒ™ scouts will all be #robotic, designed to build a foundation for #astronauts πŸ‘¨β€πŸš€ to follow about two years later. There is need for transporting πŸš€ large masses of equipment and materials from #Earth. An #IntuitiveMachines lander is set to reach the Moon later this year. #NASA’s #JPL will release a β€œswarm” of robot-explorers equipped with stereo cameras πŸ“Ή and charged with creating photorealistic #3D maps πŸ—ΊοΈ of the #lunar terrain https://www.forbes.com/sites/kevinholdenplatt/2024/04/27/robot-explorers-futuristic-spacex-starships-set-to-transform-the-moon/

#SpaceRobot#SpaceLogistics#Starship

Spaceflight πŸš€
Spaceflight πŸš€  Β·  2 years ago
#Starship#LaunchCost : "I'm highly confident it would be less than $10 million πŸ’° all in, fast forward two or three years from now," #Musk said about flight #prices during the presentation * https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-spacex-starship-rocket-update-flight-cost-million-2022-2

* Starship Update πŸ“† February 2022 https://www.youtube.com/live/3N7L8Xhkzqo?feature=share

Visualized : 10 million $ / 100k kg = 100 $ πŸ’΅ per kg

πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Ί #Ariane doesn't look good

Spaceflight πŸš€
Spaceflight πŸš€  Β·  2 years ago

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πŸš€ #Starship does not use fairings but rather a re-closable payload bay, will mean that the company will reuse 100 percent of the hardware necessary for flight. Resulting in an ever higher cost advantage than #SpaceX already has with its reuse of first stage boosters on #Falcon 9 and #FalconHeavyhttps://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2023/03/starship-debut-reusability/#more-92054

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Spaceflight πŸš€
Spaceflight πŸš€  Β·  2 years ago

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#Starship#LaunchCost : "I'm highly confident it would be less than $10 million πŸ’° all in, fast forward two or three years from now," #Musk said about flight #prices during the presentation * https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-spacex-starship-rocket-update-flight-cost-million-2022-2

* Starship Update πŸ“† February 2022 https://www.youtube.com/live/3N7L8Xhkzqo?feature=share

Visualized : 10 million $ / 100k kg = 100 $ πŸ’΅ per kg

πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Ί #Ariane doesn't look good

Revesdespace
Revesdespace  Β·  2 months ago

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πŸš€ Le revers de la mΓ©daille de l'explosion en vol du #Starship : des morceaux ont Γ©tΓ© retrouvΓ©s sur la plage des Iles Turques-et-CaΓ―ques dans les CaraΓ―bes.
Elon payera-t-il la facture de nettoyage des plages ?
CrΓ©dit Chris Caroe
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Astro Hawk (Ian Kluft) πŸš€πŸ›°οΈ  Β·  2 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#StarshipπŸš€ #NewSpace
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Astro Hawk (Ian Kluft) πŸš€πŸ›°οΈ  Β·  2 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#StarshipπŸš€ #NewSpace
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Astro Hawk (Ian Kluft) πŸš€πŸ›°οΈ  Β·  2 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#StarshipπŸš€ #NewSpace
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Astro Hawk (Ian Kluft) πŸš€πŸ›°οΈ  Β·  2 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#StarshipπŸš€ #NewSpace
Astro Hawk (Ian Kluft) πŸš€πŸ›°οΈ
Astro Hawk (Ian Kluft) πŸš€πŸ›°οΈ  Β·  2 months ago

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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#StarshipπŸš€ #NewSpace
Astro Hawk (Ian Kluft) πŸš€πŸ›°οΈ
Astro Hawk (Ian Kluft) πŸš€πŸ›°οΈ  Β·  2 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#StarshipπŸš€ #NewSpace #business
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Astro Hawk (Ian Kluft) πŸš€πŸ›°οΈ  Β·  2 months ago

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"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#StarshipπŸš€ #NewSpace #business
Astro Hawk (Ian Kluft) πŸš€πŸ›°οΈ
Astro Hawk (Ian Kluft) πŸš€πŸ›°οΈ  Β·  2 months ago

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"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#StarshipπŸš€ #NewSpace #business
orbitalmayo
orbitalmayo  Β·  2 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·  2 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·  2 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·  2 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

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