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auto abort on engine ignition...possible recycle for another attempt today, depends what the caused the abort, the test window is open till midnight our time.
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SpaceX Starship SN10 launch happening very soon on 20:28 - Mar 3 with 3087 views
SpaceX Starship SN10 launch happening very soon on 20:21 - Mar 3 by stonojnr
auto abort on engine ignition...possible recycle for another attempt today, depends what the caused the abort, the test window is open till midnight our time.
They're saying the abort was just one tenth of a second before liftoff.
An incredible achievement to land a rocket of that massive size like that.
Didn't all go perfectly, it was supposed to land on 2 rockets and the legs didn't work properly but still impressive. Chance it might topple over still.
SpaceX Starship SN10 launch happening very soon on 23:23 - Mar 3 by StokieBlue
An incredible achievement to land a rocket of that massive size like that.
Didn't all go perfectly, it was supposed to land on 2 rockets and the legs didn't work properly but still impressive. Chance it might topple over still.
Certainly making progress each test though.
SB
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no only lands on the 1 raptor, flips on 3, shutsdown 1 to have 2 nominal engines to complete the flip,but only lands on 1.
landing legs didnt deploy, but thats ok, was kind of expected at this stage.
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SpaceX Starship SN10 launch happening very soon on 23:30 - Mar 3 with 2948 views
SpaceX Starship SN10 launch happening very soon on 23:30 - Mar 3 by StokieBlue
When I saw the brief they said ignite 3 then select 2 and land on those 2. In the actual test they did say all ignited but they landed on 1.
Shame about the legs but in some ways it's even more impressive to land without them.
Although it just blew up in the most spectacular way.....
SB
it needs 2 to perform the landing manuever,which is the flip to vertical. but 1 engine landing descent to landing pad was planned I believe and was how SN9 was supposed to descend to the launch pad.
I mean we saw it can hover on 1 engine in the ascent, so it has the thrust capability to make sure it reaches 0mph on the launch pad if it has the control and the landing legs are secured, it didnt look on the replays it was descending too quickly, it just bounced on landing for some reason.
Im sure theyll work it out and SN11 will stick it.
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SpaceX Starship SN10 launch happening very soon on 08:18 - Mar 4 with 2790 views
SpaceX Starship SN10 launch happening very soon on 00:32 - Mar 4 by stonojnr
it needs 2 to perform the landing manuever,which is the flip to vertical. but 1 engine landing descent to landing pad was planned I believe and was how SN9 was supposed to descend to the launch pad.
I mean we saw it can hover on 1 engine in the ascent, so it has the thrust capability to make sure it reaches 0mph on the launch pad if it has the control and the landing legs are secured, it didnt look on the replays it was descending too quickly, it just bounced on landing for some reason.
Im sure theyll work it out and SN11 will stick it.
Yes, I know, however that wasn't the original published plan and also wasn't what they said on the commentary yesterday. This article is from late Feb:
"Starship SN10 will be attempting a medium altitude test flight (~10 km). It will lift off from Boca Chica, Texas under the power of three Raptor engines. At apogee, it will flip into a horizontal configuration for descent. Prior to landing, it will ignite three of its Raptor engines to initiate the landing flip before shutting one down. SN10 will attempt a propulsive landing on the landing pad, potentially becoming the first Starship prototype to successfully do so."
Not really a huge difference but I wonder why they changed the plan to land on one engine. As you say we saw it hovering on one engine but if the original plan was 2 then it would be interesting to know why it changed.
SB
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SpaceX Starship SN10 launch happening very soon on 09:58 - Mar 4 with 2751 views
SpaceX Starship SN10 launch happening very soon on 09:58 - Mar 4 by Swansea_Blue
Was it supposed to explode? It's that kind of thing that might put people off.
It's testing, given what they are attempting a few more are likely to explode before they get it completely right. It does explode well though, excellent visuals.
SB
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SpaceX Starship SN10 launch happening very soon on 10:02 - Mar 4 with 2746 views
SpaceX Starship SN10 launch happening very soon on 10:00 - Mar 4 by StokieBlue
It's testing, given what they are attempting a few more are likely to explode before they get it completely right. It does explode well though, excellent visuals.
SB
It was good wasn't it. I enjoyed that, but couldn't get quite as excited as the guy narrating the video. A real spaceship geek by the sounds of it.
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