SpaceX Super Heavy and Starship updates

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SN-06 static fire

And a hop soon after.

 

Primary date:  August 24

Backup dates: August 25, 26

Window: 0900-2100 Eastern

 

As usual; to be livestreamed on YouTube by LabPadre, NASASpaceFlight and 'Everyday Astronaut' Tim Dodd.

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Confirmed: 300 tf (661,387 lbf) Full Thrust Raptor (no throttle or gimbal) booster engine.

 

This will be used for Super Heavy's outer ring engines, with the center cluster being throttle-able and having a 15° gimbal.

 

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1192605854270312448

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On 8/19/2020 at 3:16 PM, DocM said:

SN-06 static fire

And a hop soon after.

 

Primary date:  August 24

Backup dates: August 25, 26

Window: 0900-2100 Eastern

 

As usual; to be livestreamed on YouTube by LabPadre, NASASpaceFlight and 'Everyday Astronaut' Tim Dodd.

 

SN-06 hop

 

Primary date: August 28

Secondary dates: August 29, 30

Windows: 0900-2100 Eastern

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LabPadre stream for today's SN-06 static fire attempt

 

Window: 0900-2100 Eastern

 

 

 

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STATIC FIRE

 

 

 

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The Boca Chica High Bay is still climbing, targeting at least 81 meters/265.7 feet tall. It's for stacking 72 meter (236 feet) Super Heavy boosters.

 

 

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Boca Chica

 

Super Heavy launch table  construction.  It may have an "orange juicer" flame deflector.

 

The 6 "legs" will be 2.5+ meter wide heavy guage steel tubes filled with reinforced concrete, supported by some very deep underground pilings.

 

 

 

Edited August 26, 2020 by DocM

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FAA flight permit & NOTAM issued; August 29-30 to 26,000 feet.

 

 

 

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Super Heavy hop by October 🤪

 

 

 

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Raptor today: 210 Tf  =  462,971 lbf

Raptor in 6-9 months: 250 Tf = 551,156 lbf

RaptorVac progressing well

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Super Heavy is down to 4 legs from 6...explanation,

 

 

 

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Pretty good look at the Super Heavy orbital  launch table build.

 

 

 

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Tests;

Thursday Sept 3: SN-06 hop
Sunday Sept 6: SN-07.1 Tank pressure test

 

Iffy weather for Sunday

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10 min siren has gone off

SN-06 hop attempt soon

 

 

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SpaceX released their video

 

 

 

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Super Heavy launch platform 

'tis kinda gigantic

Color corrected

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Enter: Raptor Vacuum (RVac)

 

The space version of Raptor...

 

3840 image at the tweet

 

 

 

Edited September 5, 2020 by DocM

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Sheesh...

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SpaceX honeymoon package (fan art)

 

 

 

Tim Dodd, The Everyday Astronaut, has a new toy

 

 

 

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Liquid nitrogen cryotesting of SN-07.1. Assuming they performed all their tests and it passed, the next step is a pressure test to destruction. See what 304L can take.

 

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Starship FCC Special Temporary Authority (STA) for flights to 20 km (12.43 miles) from October 11, 2020 to April 11, 2021. 

 

This permit is for telemetry, FAA will issue flight permits later. Maximum permitted altitudes are likely to increase over time.

 

https://fcc.report/ELS/Space-Exploration-Technologies-Corp-SpaceX/1401-EX-ST-2020

 

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This STA uses information from previous grant 1041-EX-ST-2020 and is necessary to authorize Starship Prototype suborbital test vehicle communications for Medium Altitude Hops Tests_2 (max altitude 20km) from the Boca Chica launch pad, and the experimental recoveries following the suborbital hops. Trajectory data will be provided directly to NTIA, USAF, and NASA. Launch licensing authority is FAA Office of Commercial Space Transportation.
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SN-08 to fly to 60,000 feet (18,288 meters)

 

Wow...😎

 

 

 

 

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SpaceX's rocket landing guru chimes in...

 

 

 

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SN-07.1 survived the night again 🤪

 

SN-08 exits the Mid-Bay with fin attachments,