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Starship’s Raptor engines ignited during hot-staging separation. Super Heavy executed the flip maneuver
Source: @SpaceX
Hot-staging confirmed! Booster is returning while Ship is on its way to space!
Читать полностью…Starship and Super Heavy’s combined 39 Raptor engines are chilling down in preparation for liftoff
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Starship’s flight trajectory for today's test
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The FAA says SpaceX has asked for permission to launch Starship at least nine times. This year.
https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/02/spacex-seeks-to-launch-starship-at-least-nine-times-this-year/
Source: @SciGuySpace
Deployment of Int Machines IM-1 confirmed
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Falcon 9 streaks to orbit at 1:05am ET with the Intuitive Machines IM-1 lunar lander headed toward the Moon and the rocket’s first stage returns to land at Cape Canaveral
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MECO - Stage-Sep - Flip & Burn - Fairings!
Source: @DJSnM
This is a first for using methane on Falcon 9, so the Falcon team was able to lean on the Starship team’s expertise in this area to prepare for this mission
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While testing with B10 and S28 seemed to have been aborted for the day, with another opportunity tomorrow, SpaceX has carried out a test of the water deluge plate at Starbase.
Source: RT @ENNEPS
Falcon 9 launches USSF-124 to orbit and its first stage returns to land at Cape Canaveral — the first up to three Falcon 9 launches in the next ~7 hours
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Liftoff of USSF-124 – SpaceX’s 11th National Security Space Launch on a Falcon rocket
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Ship continues in space while preparing to test its payload doors for the first time
Читать полностью…Booster reached landing burn and could be seen shaking before loss of signal. Amazing views throughout
Читать полностью…If Starship manages to make it all the way to reentry, we'll collect valuable data on reentry at hypersonic speeds, or more than 5 times the speed of sound
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After launching on Falcon 9 last week, the Int Machines IM-1 lander aims to safely touch down on the lunar surface today. Wishing Int Machines a safe landing on the Moon
🌐 Live now
Source: @SpaceX, @NASA
The lander is now beginning its multi-day journey to the Moon’s South Pole
Today’s mission to the Moon is just the first our Falcon fleet will launch for NASA's CLPS program which will help enable humanity to explore the Moon, Mars, and beyond, bringing us one step closer to making life multiplanetary
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Long exposure closeup of Falcon 9 stage separation and boostback burn during this morning’s 1:05am ET launch of the Intuitive Machines IM-1 lunar lander headed toward the Moon
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Falcon 9’s first stage has landed on Landing Zone 1 – completing this booster’s 18th launch and landing
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Today’s Int Machines IM-1 mission will provide insights into the lunar surface environment paving the way for Starship’s Human Landing System putting the first NASA Artemis astronauts on the Moon
Fueling of the IM-1 lander is complete, and propellant load of Falcon 9 has begun
Launch of the IM-1 lander required SpaceX teams to design a new fueling system and procedures to load the lander with liquid methane and oxygen while encapsulated in a Falcon 9 fairing
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Standing down from tonight's Falcon 9 launch of Starlink. Next available opportunity is Thursday, February 15 → spacex.com/launches
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📢 Starlink Group 7-14 has been postponed by 1 hour 4 minutes.
Читать полностью…Wet dress rehearsal testing concluded early today. Another closure is scheduled for all day tomorrow to try again.
Source: @StarshipGazer