SpaceX Super Heavy and Starship updates

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Ship25 static fire and B7/Ship24 wet dress rehearsal runups.

https://twitter.com/nasaspaceflight/status/1615366999940415488

 

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Full stack B7/S24 testing

https://youtu.be/Zc-hRTHuSvg

 

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KSC LC-39A Starship pad getting its chopstick arms

 

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Starship Wet Dress Rehersal time. 

 

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Booster 7/Ship 24 Wet Dress Rehersal evacuation today. Times are Central Standard

 

 

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Jim Free is NASA associate administrator for exploration systems development

 

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Tower cladding being installed. The part shown covers the Drawworks hoisting machinery which moves Mechazilla's arms.

 

 

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SpaceX targeting 33 engine Super Heavy static fire next week

https://twitter.com/jeff_foust/status/1618989574616743936

 

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This hardware is being shipped from Kennedy Space Center by barge, manufactured at the SpaceX Roberts Road factory.

 

 

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Starship's mass to orbit has been updated

Falcon 9 can do 22.8  metric tons.

Reusable: 150 metroc tons

Expendable: 250 metric tons

https://www.spacex.com/vehicles/starship/

 

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SpaceX’s Starship spacecraft and Super Heavy rocket – collectively referred to as Starship – represent a fully reusable transportation system designed to carry both crew and cargo to Earth orbit, the Moon, Mars and beyond. Starship will be the world’s most powerful launch vehicle ever developed, with the ability to carry up to 150 metric tonnes to Earth orbit reusable, and up to 250 metric tonnes expendable

 

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More in reusable mode to LEO than SLS block 3.

TLI and TMI would be interesting, I know its not really designed for that.

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On 29/01/2023 at 18:44, IsItPluggedIn said:

More in reusable mode to LEO than SLS block 3.

TLI and TMI would be interesting, I know its not really designed for that.

 

In terms of missions it's all what their customer wants. If SpaceX is their own  customer all bets are off and anything is possible, even probable.

Elon might decide to land a Cybertruck on one of the Jovian moons, a Tesla Optimus robot in a Polaris EVA spacesuit driving it around 🤪

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Kennedy Space Center  Starship pad LC-39a  tower chopsticks 

Scrub to 04:15

 

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 KSC Starship orbital launch mount construction

 

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Starship 27 has a real Starlink PEZ dispenser. 

https://twitter.com/cosmicalchief/status/1621364472727076865

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Starship pad deluge system arrives, being installed

 

 

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Starship OLM water deluge tanks installation

 

 

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Super Heavy 33 engine static fire attempt Feb 9  (tomorrow)

 

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On 08/02/2023 at 14:34, DocM said:

Super Heavy 33 engine static fire attempt Feb 9  (tomorrow)

 

Hope China has all their stuff bolted down. They are going to feel it 🤣

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On 08/02/2023 at 15:42, Warwagon said:

Hope China has all their stuff bolted down. They are going to feel it 🤣

 

And the VIP parade has started. NASA will be there because of the Artemis HLS lunar lander, and the President of Indonesia was there today because he's negotiating a raw materials contract for Tesla. He also wants a  Tesla factory.