Starship launch 3 planned for Thursday

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Starship launch 3 planned for Thursday

Elon Musk’s SpaceX received the go-ahead to launch its giant Starship rocket a third time, four months after its last test ended in an explosion prematurely.

The Federal Aviation Administration reinstated SpaceX’s launch license, the agency said in a statement on Wednesday.
 
Big achievements for Starship in third launch

SpaceX launched its colossal Starship rocket to near orbit in space before it was lost while returning to Earth, a notable improvement after the first two missions ended quickly in explosions.

The company announced it lost the craft at about 10:30 a.m. New York time on a webcast on chief executive officer Elon Musk’s X social media platform.
 
Some bloody nice live footage from reentry
 
that re-entry footage was amazing, couldnt find any other occurrence of a live feed of re-entry
 
ijacobs3 said:
that re-entry footage was amazing, couldnt find any other occurrence of a live feed of re-entry
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You won't. They bounced the feed via starlink satellites , not ground based comms, I believe that is a first. We may have had footage on a capsule like Dragon but that would have been recorded locally and then picked up, here the craft are lost.

I could be wrong, not sure if the shuttle did similar speeds on re-entry.

Absolutely amazing.
 
If this was just a normal disposable rocket, it would be considered 100% successful.

It was the reuse efforts that failed.

In expendable mode, Starship is already more capable and cheaper than anything else flying.
Once they get full reuse working...
 
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ijacobs3 said:
footage was amazing
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Here is some footage filmed with the use of a telescope:

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3.1M views · 302K reactions | Here’s what we captured with our tracking telescope for #Starship #flight3! We’re using a 8” Meade scope on a Ross VR600 mount and a @reddigitalcinema Komodo-X. See the full mega cut on our YouTube channel. @considerthec

Here’s what we captured with our tracking telescope for #Starship #flight3! We’re using a 8” Meade scope on a Ross VR600 mount and a @reddigitalcinema Komodo-X. See the full mega cut on our YouTube...
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DapperDanMan said:
Here is some footage filmed with the use of a telescope:

www.facebook.com

3.1M views · 302K reactions | Here’s what we captured with our tracking telescope for #Starship #flight3! We’re using a 8” Meade scope on a Ross VR600 mount and a @reddigitalcinema Komodo-X. See the full mega cut on our YouTube channel. @considerthec

Here’s what we captured with our tracking telescope for #Starship #flight3! We’re using a 8” Meade scope on a Ross VR600 mount and a @reddigitalcinema Komodo-X. See the full mega cut on our YouTube...
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That is stunning!

On a slightly more (even more) nerdy ,


thinking of ordering some filament :)
 
ijacobs3 said:
still looks / feels like a science fiction movie ,

I see the next ship is on the launch mount, beach and highway scheduled for closure today, so we might see a static fire today.

They are seriously moving ahead quickly
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They said maybe even April or May for next.
 
ijacobs3 said:
still looks / feels like a science fiction movie ,

I see the next ship is on the launch mount, beach and highway scheduled for closure today, so we might see a static fire today.

They are seriously moving ahead quickly
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The target for test 4 is April 2024 and "at least 6 Starship test launches in 2024" - crazy.

At this rate, SpaceX is likely to get full re-usability by end of 2024 it will be an amazing achievement and will instantly make all other launch providers redundant.

With Starship launch costs reduced to a few million dollars
see https://futurism.com/elon-musk-starship-launch-1-million
and ~200 tons fully reusable and ~400 tons expendable why would you use anything else?
see https://payloadspace.com/payload-research-starships-progress-and-exploring-expendable-configuration/

EDIT: Seems launch date is May 4th - star wars day ;)
 
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system32 said:
The target for test 4 is April 2024 and "at least 6 Starship test launches in 2024" - crazy.

At this rate, SpaceX is likely to get full re-usability by end of 2024 it will be an amazing achievement and will instantly make all other launch providers redundant.

With Starship launch costs reduced to a few million dollars
see https://futurism.com/elon-musk-starship-launch-1-million
and ~200 tons fully reusable and ~400 tons expendable why would you use anything else?
see https://payloadspace.com/payload-research-starships-progress-and-exploring-expendable-configuration/
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Imagine the possibility of travelling to the other end of the world in 30 or so minutes
 
ijacobs3 said:
Imagine the possibility of travelling to the other end of the world in 30 or so minutes
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I think an hour is more realistic. Consider:

1. Embark
2. Launch
3. Rise to apogee for destination
4. Descent and re-entry.
5. Gentle flip and landing burn.
6. Disembark

I can also see rather a hub transport system. So lets say a few hubs with multiple docking slips. A starship ascends to a hub , docks. Passengers tranship and a different starships descend. That allows the use of multiple ships on a destination rotational basis, same as aircraft. Frequency of travel will be determined by main routes. Even orbital starships as shuttles between hubs as the hubs could be geo-synchronous to optimise launch/landing trajectories. Shuttle fuel burn would be quite low, majority of travel in a coast phase.
 
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