Show threadSpaceflight 🚀Nov 19, 2023
Accomplishing a full-duration #SuperHeavy burn 🔥 without any engine failures is a significant step forward for the #Starship program. Engine #reliability was one of the top concerns identified by #NASA's #LunarLander 👨‍🚀 program manager.
The transition to #HotStaging on Starship will increase the rocket's #payload 📦 capacity.
#Starship soared above the #KármánLine, the 100-kilometer-high internationally recognized boundary of #space 🌌, and kept climbing, eventually peaking at an altitude of 149 kilometers.
The deluge system 💦 worked as it should. There were no chunks of large debris around the #LaunchPad after Saturday's liftoff. https://arstechnica.com/space/2023/11/spacex-can-celebrate-three-big-wins-after-second-starship-test-flight/2/
Starship brought the thunder as it climbed into space for the first time

Starship reached a speed of 15,000 mph, then self-destructed over the Gulf of Mexico.

Ars Technica
Spaceflight 🚀Nov 18, 2023
🚀 #Starship made it through #MaxQ and #HotStaging, to > 24000 km/h at a height of 148 km https://www.reuters.com/technology/space/spacex-starship-launched-test-flight-texas-after-last-one-blew-up-2023-11-18/
SpaceX Starship launch presumed failed minutes after reaching space

SpaceX's uncrewed spacecraft Starship, developed to carry astronauts to the moon and beyond, was presumed to have failed in space minutes after lifting off on Saturday in a second test after its first attempt to reach space ended in <a href="/business/aerospace-defense/elon-musks-spacex-launches-debut-flight-starship-rocket-system-2023-04-20/">an explosion</a>.

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Guppy@ロケみる集会Nov 15, 2023
Starship's Hottest Upgrade: Hot Staging!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4O3_iBOmXi4

SpaceXのStarship打ち上げの革新的なアプローチについての詳細なビデオ。ホットステージングの革新的なコンセプトに焦点を当て、それがなぜ重要か、Starshipにどのように実装されるか、宇宙探査に与える影響について解説。

ホットステージングがStarshipのペイロード容量を最大10%増加させ、ステージの分離を簡素化し、推進剤の沈降問題に対処する方法についても言及。ホットステージングリングの設計や、将来の技術の可能性や、再利用可能な宇宙旅行への影響についても推測。

#SpaceX #Starship #HotStaging #SpaceExploration #RocketScience
Starship's Hottest Upgrade: Hot Staging!

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Spaceflight 🚀Aug 6, 2023

📆 July 11, 2023 #SpaceX’s #Starship 🚀 upgrades

• Electric #ThrustVector controls
• #HotStaging
• Throttle up faster at #liftoff
• #LaunchPad water 💦 deluge system

https://payloadspace.com/a-look-at-spacexs-starship-upgrades-as-it-inches-toward-its-second-orbital-attempt/

A Look at SpaceX's Starship Upgrades as it Prepares for Second Flight

Since Starship’s first orbital flight test nearly three months ago, SpaceX has been working around the clock modifying the rocket, rebuilding the launch pad, and defending itself against an environmental lawsuit as the launch giant prepares for its second orbital attempt.  Upgrades to Starship SpaceX will be using Booster 9 and Starship 25 for its […]

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Benton GreeneJul 31, 2023
I'm reading these posts about the new #hotstaging test articles showing up at #starbase and I keep reading it as "hostages" and having to do a double take. Like, surely they're not *that* desperate to get FAA approval for the next starship orbital test :-p