Tag: SN10
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Starship SN11 arrives at Pad B as SpaceX plans for the future
Just days after SN10 completed the first – albeit hard – Starship prototype landing, SN11 rolled out to the launch site for its own attempt. Incremental progress is being made with the test flights, with another tweak to the landing sequence set to be implemented, based on data gained from SN10. Meanwhile, the first Super…
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Starship SN10 successfully lands before RUD’ing on the pad
SpaceX’s Starship SN10 launched – and nailed the landing – Wednesday. However, likely due to the failure of some of the landing legs, the slightly tilted Starship caught fire on the landing pad and then blew up a few minutes later. With this advancement in the test program, future vehicles are seeing their Raptor engines…
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Starship SN10 Static Fires twice – Super Heavy waiting in the wings
Starship SN10’s wait for launch, following weather-related delays, could soon be over following an optimistic update from Chief Designer Elon Musk. However, following SN10’s Static Fire test – which was conducted on Tuesday – a record turnaround of an engine swap was conducted, allowing for a second test on Thursday and a launch to be…
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Starship SN10’s Raptors installed as testing begins
The three Raptor engines tasked with Starship’s third high altitude test flight have been installed into the aft of SN10. Pending acceptable results from an upcoming Static Fire test, SN10 will be tasked with repeating the flight of her deceased sisters, SN8 and SN9, before a landing attempt that will utilize a slightly different approach…
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Starship SN9 loses a Raptor during flip. RUD comes as future Starships line up
Starship SN9 is no more, following her successful flight and return, prior to losing a Raptor during the flip maneuver, resulting in a crash landing. As with SN8, SN9 got over the pad area and did not impact SN10 or any of the Ground Support Equipment at the Tank Farm. SN10 is expected to fly…
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Starship SN9 speeds toward Static Fire and test flight
With Starship SN8’s test flight still fresh in the memory, SN9 is set to complete an accelerated pad flow with a Static Fire test and launch this coming week. A triple Raptor Static Fire test occurred Wednesday, although it appeared to be a shorter firing than required, thus a second Static Fire test is expected…