Really well done!
ETA: Why did they jettison the hot staging ring?
ETA: Why did they jettison the hot staging ring?
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Beautiful. Love the new angles of the buoy and the landing.
to reduce mass for landingwill25u said:
Really well done!
ETA: Why did they jettison the hot staging ring?
Was it just a mass thing or a balance flight characteristics issue?
I believe it is primarily a mass issue - it's pretty darn heavy to withstand the forces on it from Starship igniting its engines.Kenneth_2003 said:
Was it just a mass thing or a balance flight characteristics issue?
20,000 pounds!!!
I thought future boosters were going to be designed to keep the hot staging ring attached.
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Does anyone know when the estimated next Starship launch will be? Gonna try to go down there with a few friends and watch it
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There's no date yet.fullback44 said:
Does anyone know when the estimated next Starship launch will be? Gonna try to go down there with a few friends and watch it
My guess was November 18th but that seems a little too soon now.
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Daily.TexAgs91 said:
I'm looking forward to weekly Starship launches now
HOURLY! per Elon.hph6203 said:Daily.TexAgs91 said:
I'm looking forward to weekly Starship launches now
This is the plan as far as I've read.TexAgs91 said:
I thought future boosters were going to be designed to keep the hot staging ring attached.
SuperHeavy v3 is significantly larger than the ones they been launching, which means they have extra buffer to launch the greater mass of the hot staging ring.
PJYoung said:There's no date yet.fullback44 said:
Does anyone know when the estimated next Starship launch will be? Gonna try to go down there with a few friends and watch it
My guess was November 18th but that seems a little too soon now.
Good guess.
Starship’s fifth flight test was a seminal moment in iterating towards a fully and rapidly reusable launch system.
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) November 6, 2024
Next up: the sixth flight test of Starship is targeted to launch as early as Monday, November 18 → https://t.co/oIFc3u9laE pic.twitter.com/5496ApNHkA
Lol yeah I just saw that
Also now FAA bureaucrats may now be looking to speed these up just a bit moving forward...
Yeah. There's a new boss in town - the Director of Government Efficiency. They might want to keep him happy.aezmvp said:
Also now FAA bureaucrats may now be looking to speed these up just a bit moving forward...
SpaceX: Flight 6 November 18 - (now an update on the SpaceX site).
— Chris Bergin - NSF (@NASASpaceflight) November 6, 2024
4 pm Local window opening. Allows for Ship flip and burning landing in daylight.
Raptor relight added as an objective, along with TPS and other test objectives!
Oh, and a Mechazailla booster catch again,… https://t.co/FHgSEl0FJN
This will be the lighting conditions at that time. Does anyone have a good idea where IFT-5 landed?
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This was flight 5 and I think 6 is landing in the same area
PJYoung said:
This was flight 5 and I think 6 is landing in the same area
Can't believe they went from "we can't stop it from tumbling in space" to "we picked a postage stamp next to a camera and landed on it" in one freaking flight
Is the thought on the first upper stage catch that they will try to catch (not this month's flight of course) it on the second tower?
nortex97 said:
Is the thought on the first upper stage catch that they will try to catch (not this month's flight of course) it on the second tower?
Don't think that the second tower is ready
Gonna be nuts to see it land on the other side of the world in the daytime.Decay said:PJYoung said:
This was flight 5 and I think 6 is landing in the same area
Can't believe they went from "we can't stop it from tumbling in space" to "we picked a postage stamp next to a camera and landed on it" in one freaking flight
SpaceX continues to amaze.
This is what SpaceX says they'll try in March of 2025. I don't think too many people believe that timeframe.
I wonder if they will try to catch them at the same time on the two towers. (Surely not) I guess they would need to get the boosters out of the way first.
I wonder if they will try to catch them at the same time on the two towers. (Surely not) I guess they would need to get the boosters out of the way first.
It will be by the time they want to catch a Starship. They are talking early 2025 I think and I think that second tower should be done by then.Decay said:nortex97 said:
Is the thought on the first upper stage catch that they will try to catch (not this month's flight of course) it on the second tower?
Don't think that the second tower is ready
PJYoung said:
This is what SpaceX says they'll try in March of 2025. I don't think too many people believe that timeframe.
I wonder if they will try to catch them at the same time on the two towers. (Surely not) I guess they would need to get the boosters out of the way first.
The fuel depot starships aren't built for re-entry anyway so I don't think they'll bother. Maybe they'll leave one in orbit to test station keeping and boil off rates.
Edit: and yes the current plan is to deorbit. So they might just go for a soft landing but I feel like you want to try duration as well if you have the chance.
LUNR spiked today but I see no news. What the lastest NasaAg?
PJYoung said:Gonna be nuts to see it land on the other side of the world in the daytime.Decay said:PJYoung said:
This was flight 5 and I think 6 is landing in the same area
Can't believe they went from "we can't stop it from tumbling in space" to "we picked a postage stamp next to a camera and landed on it" in one freaking flight
SpaceX continues to amaze.
They just need to solve the "hot spot" issues. That is just the largest safety risk at this point. It's not easy. But I'm sure they will figure it out
aezmvp said:
Also now FAA bureaucrats may now be looking to speed these up just a bit moving forward...
I'm also excited for JD Vance to take over the national space council chair. Pence did a solid job with it but it's been severely neglected over the past four years
Jock 07 said:aezmvp said:
Also now FAA bureaucrats may now be looking to speed these up just a bit moving forward...
I'm also excited for JD Vance to take over the national space council chair. Pence did a solid job with it but it's been severely neglected over the past four years
It didn't help that the VP is dumber than a box of moon rocks.
Not exactly breaking news but fun:
TLDW: nothing too dramatic.
Has there been any more considerations for SpaceX to produce their own onsite oxygen? Seeing how much LOx is needed for the ambitious objectives of Starship, you'd think you'd just set up your own massive ASU farm, bypass suppliers and have control of the supply.
— Everyday Astronaut (@Erdayastronaut) November 7, 2024
TLDW: nothing too dramatic.
Mathguy64 said:Jock 07 said:aezmvp said:
Also now FAA bureaucrats may now be looking to speed these up just a bit moving forward...
I'm also excited for JD Vance to take over the national space council chair. Pence did a solid job with it but it's been severely neglected over the past four years
It didn't help that the VP is dumber than a box of moon rocks.
Man there's no reason to insult a box of really awesome moon rocks like that.
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