orbitalmayo
orbitalmayo  ·  2 days 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  ·  2 days 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  ·  2 days 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.

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orbitalmayo
orbitalmayo  ·  2 days 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

Astro Hawk (Ian Kluft) 🚀🛰️
Astro Hawk (Ian Kluft) 🚀🛰️  ·  2 days ago

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"Blue Origin reaches orbit on first flight of its titanic New Glenn rocket" by @arstechnica / @sciguyspace - Excellent first flight of the new heavy-lift rocket achieved it's primary goal of reaching orbit. The booster landing attempt should be viewed as good that they tried and got data from the attempt. https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/01/blue-origin-reaches-orbit-on-first-flight-of-its-titanic-new-glenn-rocket/ #BlueOrigin#NewGlenn🚀 #NG1#NewSpace #space #business #spacegeek
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Astro Hawk (Ian Kluft) 🚀🛰️  ·  3 days ago

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"Getting to orbit is hard. And we did it on our first go." True. They've earned the celebration we're seeing now. New Glenn is about 90% the size of a Saturn V, to point out how big this is. I noticed the shape of the shock diamonds in the rocket thrust looked like consistent stable combustion. Well done! #BlueOrigin#NewGlenn🚀 #NG1#NewSpace #spacegeek
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Astro Hawk (Ian Kluft) 🚀🛰️  ·  3 weeks ago

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The pace of #space launches has reached the point that lots of stuff is always happening. But some things don't go as planned. @LiveScience was able to make a Top 10 list of mishaps in space in 2024. #Starliner figures prominently on the list. But also 3 #Falcon9 groundings, #Starship explosions, and misc probes and rovers. https://www.livescience.com/space/space-exploration/10-times-space-missions-went-very-wrong-in-2024#NewSpace#NASA#SpaceX#Boeing
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