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    #872
    Westernyelp
    Registered Users Posts: 2,376 ✭✭✭Westernyelp


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121225210#Comment_121225210

    Whenever the FAA give the go ahead. November possibly



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    #873
    3d4life
    Registered Users Posts: 880 ✭✭✭3d4life


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121225320#Comment_121225320

    Have Fish & Wildlife given approval ?



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    #874
    Quantum Erasure
    Registered Users Posts: 8,549 ✭✭✭Quantum Erasure


    FAA have issued launch licence, we are a go for Friday


    @SpaceX

    ·

    17m

    Targeting Friday, November 17 for Starship’s second flight test. A two-hour launch window opens at 7:00 a.m. CT [1pm Irish time]→ http://spacex.com/launches



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    #875
    Quantum Erasure
    Registered Users Posts: 8,549 ✭✭✭Quantum Erasure


    Launch attempt put back 24 hours


    @elonmusk

    We need to replace a grid fin actuator, so launch is postponed to Saturday



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    #876
    AMKC
    Registered Users Posts: 16,114 ✭✭✭✭AMKC
    Ms


    Less than 20 minutes to the big launch to go.

    Can't wait.

    This will be Awesome!!!!

    Live long and Prosper

    Peace and long life.



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    #877
    Ghost Train
    Registered Users Posts: 30,279 ✭✭✭✭Ghost Train


    Bump...

    20min to launch window opening (20min window maybe)

    Looking good so far

    Post edited by Ghost Train on


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    #878
    rameire
    Registered Users Posts: 4,163 ✭✭✭rameire


    That was good to watch.

    Stage 1 RUD.

    Stage 2 to be confirmed but possible RUD at a height of 148km, so made it to space.

    🌞 3.8kwp, 🌞 Split 2.28S, 1.52E. 🌞 Clonee, Dub.🌞



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    #879
    Ghost Train
    Registered Users Posts: 30,279 ✭✭✭✭Ghost Train


    Looks like mostly successful, and good seperation but didn't get into orbit or terminated just as it got there



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    #880
    Westernyelp
    Registered Users Posts: 2,376 ✭✭✭Westernyelp


    How's the launchpad looking?



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    #881
    rameire
    Registered Users Posts: 4,163 ✭✭✭rameire


    Some dents but looks better than last time.

    NSF are still live.

    🌞 3.8kwp, 🌞 Split 2.28S, 1.52E. 🌞 Clonee, Dub.🌞



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    #882
    AMKC
    Registered Users Posts: 16,114 ✭✭✭✭AMKC
    Ms


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121384224#Comment_121384224

    Good to watch it was Awesome. 33 rapture engines all working perfectly together and barely any pollution from the rocket. The gases coming from it were so clear you could still see all the rockets. How awesome is that?

    Just water and CO2 from them.


    Plus it was a huge Success. Starship and the booster made a successful separation and that was that main aim.

    Live long and Prosper

    Peace and long life.



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    #883
    Icyseanfitz
    Registered Users Posts: 7,410 ✭✭✭Icyseanfitz


    Screenshot_20231118-163741.png

    Amazing photo, hopefully the wait for the next launch won't be as long, I wonder how many of these iterative tests can they keep feasibly doing though if they keep losing stage 1+2. How many raptor engines can they produce per annum



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    #884
    Poulgorm
    Registered Users Posts: 788 ✭✭✭Poulgorm


    I assume when they get to the stage of attempting a soft landing return to earth, their initial attempt wont be to land at the chopstick structure.

    They could demolish it, if it goes even slightly wrong.

    Is the booster too heavy to land on a barge? What about the upper stage?



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    #885
    Cookiemunster
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 12,083 Mod ✭✭✭✭Cookiemunster


    The plan yesterday, if the vehicles hadn't exploded, was a soft landing at sea for the booster and a splash down North of Hawaii for the starship.

    The raptor engines in these early vehicles are intended to be expendable.



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    #886
    Icyseanfitz
    Registered Users Posts: 7,410 ✭✭✭Icyseanfitz


    20231119_222911.jpg

    Amazing



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    #887
    whyulittle
    Registered Users Posts: 3,878 ✭✭✭whyulittle


    That's a render.

    https://twitter.com/AlexSvanArt/status/1726354926299717888

    https://twitter.com/AlexSvanArt/status/1726354926299717888



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    #888
    Quantum Erasure
    Registered Users Posts: 8,549 ✭✭✭Quantum Erasure


    They're continuing on getting ready for test flight 3, starship (not sure what number) had a full static fire today.

    Hopefully we won't have to wait as long for the next flight as we did for the last


    https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1737603984997933181

    theres a couple more views of it in the thread here:

    https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1737603984997933181



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    #889
    MonkieSocks
    Registered Users Posts: 8,308 ✭✭✭MonkieSocks


    Maybe the wrong place to post this but, enjoy

    Catching a SpaceX Falcon 9 launch from Cape Canaveral while staring out of a plane.



    https://twitter.com/i/status/1747758660900528536


    =(:-) Me? I know who I am. I'm a dude playing a dude disguised as another dude (-:)=



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    #890
    Quantum Erasure
    Registered Users Posts: 8,549 ✭✭✭Quantum Erasure


    I see SpaceX have a broadcast scheduled for Starship flight test 3, for March 14, starting 11:30 am Irish time

    IMG_20240306_135704.jpg

    They also did a full dress rehearsal on Monday, some cool pics in the link

    IMG_20240306_135631.jpg

    https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1764697392128156144



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    #891
    Quantum Erasure
    Registered Users Posts: 8,549 ✭✭✭Quantum Erasure


    IMG_20240307_023205.jpg


    https://www.spacex.com/launches/mission/?missionId=starship-flight-3


    UPCOMING LAUNCH

    STARSHIP'S THIRD FLIGHT TEST


    The third flight test of Starship could launch as soon as March 14, pending regulatory approval.

    A live webcast of the flight test will begin about 30 minutes before liftoff, which you can watch here and on X @SpaceX. As is the case with all developmental testing, the schedule is dynamic and likely to change, so be sure to stay tuned to our X account for updates.

    ...

    The third flight test aims to build on what we’ve learned from previous flights while attempting a number of ambitious objectives, including the successful ascent burn of both stages, opening and closing Starship’s payload door, a propellant transfer demonstration

    during the upper stage’s coast phase, the first ever re-light of a Raptor engine while in space, and a controlled reentry of Starship. It will also fly a new trajectory, with Starship targeted to splashdown in the Indian Ocean.




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    #892
    Quantum Erasure
    Registered Users Posts: 8,549 ✭✭✭Quantum Erasure


    Mary

    @BocaChicaGal

    I have been notified that Village evacuation is a GO for launch attempt tomorrow! 🔥🚀🔥



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    #893
    Nate--IRL--
    Registered Users Posts: 2,223 ✭✭✭Nate--IRL--


    Is there any estimates of launch time?

    Nate



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    #894
    rameire
    Registered Users Posts: 4,163 ✭✭✭rameire


    Really any time from midday tomorrow till around 1.30pm

    🌞 3.8kwp, 🌞 Split 2.28S, 1.52E. 🌞 Clonee, Dub.🌞



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    #895
    rameire
    Registered Users Posts: 4,163 ✭✭✭rameire


    Nasaspaceflight will probably be live early in the day doing their maths figuring out how it is progressing and spacex feed will probably go live at 11.40am

    🌞 3.8kwp, 🌞 Split 2.28S, 1.52E. 🌞 Clonee, Dub.🌞



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    #896
    AMKC
    Registered Users Posts: 16,114 ✭✭✭✭AMKC
    Ms


    So exciting. I thought it was today. Thought I had missed it. Looking forward to it. I see Elon Musk was at his Tesla factory in Berlin today.

    Live long and Prosper

    Peace and long life.



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    #897
    Nate--IRL--
    Registered Users Posts: 2,223 ✭✭✭Nate--IRL--


    Looks like there is an hour to go....

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixZpBOxMopc


    Nate



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    #898
    Shlippery
    Registered Users Posts: 2,259 ✭✭✭Shlippery


    https://twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1LyxBnOvzvOxN 2 mins to go!



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    #899
    AMKC
    Registered Users Posts: 16,114 ✭✭✭✭AMKC
    Ms


    Exciting !

    Live long and Prosper

    Peace and long life.



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    #900
    Shlippery
    Registered Users Posts: 2,259 ✭✭✭Shlippery


    just wow!


    Starship still cruising, Hot staging worked this time around, looks like the booster failed / couldn't relight it's engines during re-entry but pending further info...


    Overall though,very impressive stuff and amazing vews!



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    #901
    MayoForSam
    Registered Users Posts: 2,279 ✭✭✭MayoForSam


    Looks like Starship broke up during re-entry, didn't make it to splashdown, otherwise a very successful test. It was cool to see live video of the re-entry and the plasma showing on the leading edges using a Starlink hook-up.



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