Elon Musk and His SpaceX team can breathe a collective sigh with relief. After a day of postponement, Starship could finally start the 10th flight from the starting pad in Starbase, Texas.
The largest and most powerful SpaceX rocket was released on Tuesday, August 26, at 19:30 ET, reached a height of 192 kilometers and set off for a suborbital trajectory at a speed of over 26,000 kilometers per hour towards the Indian Ocean, where the spaceship fell an hour after leaving.
Tuesday Starship Starting caused the expectation above other Last SpaceX test flights, with over 1.8 million viewers watching live broadcast on the company’s account X. Why so much interest? First of all, a catastrophic defeat on June 18, which caused a huge explosion and destruction of a spacecraft vehicle 36, among other earlier mishaps. The program also attracted protests of activists and citizens in Texas concerned about the impact of testing and maneuvering in Starbaz and around it. The Mexican government also condemned the amount of debris that ended in its territory.
Starship also plays an significant role in Musk’s ambitions in Mars colonization, and its success is integral with his relations with the US government – he is the largest customer.
Starship has been designed as a fully reusable spatial transport system. It consists of two parts: a super ponderous, amplifier powered by a set of 33 predators engines that provide the necessary string to leave the ground; And a spaceship, a spacecraft that would be responsible for moving the crew and load to the space.
10. Starship flight test not only flew in the middle of the world, it was also responsible for the implementation of eight Starlink simulators, artifacts similar to the next generation of Starlink satellites (V3). The simulators were successfully arranged when the spacecraft reached a height of 190 kilometers above the Atlantic Ocean within half an hour of exit. Tests were also carried out on other elements of the vehicle, including the Super Bulky ability to successfully escalate over the waters of the Mexican Gulf within a few minutes of extending.
When a sailing ship prepared to enter 26,660 kilometers per hour again, the vehicle showed some damage to the outer shell. However, an hour and six minutes after putting out he was able to reach the destination in one piece until he tried to land in a vertical position above the ocean, which caused the expected destruction of the vehicle 37. An explosive stimulating day for the SpaceX team, with a lot of data for analysis on the horizon.
This story originally appeared Wired in Spanish and was translated from Spanish.