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    SpaceX Starship SN-09: test flight 1 (test flight)

    SpaceX has Starships numbered 10 - 17 under construction, so if this vehicle has a boomski landing the next in line gets its chance. They're hoping to launch SN-15 to orbit atop a Super Heavy booster prototype (BN-x)

    Tim Dodd, The Everyday Astronaut, reports that SN-09 will fly no earlier than (NET) Wednesday January 6, 2021. 12.5 km.

    Page not found | Everyday Astronaut
    https://everydayastronaut.com/starship-sn9-12-5-kilometer-flight/amp/


    SpaceX will post a streaming link. Tim Dodd will be streaming on his YouTube channel,

    Everyday Astronaut
    https://youtube.com/everydayastronaut/live
    Rocket science. A term we all use to describe something incredibly difficult. Trying to grasp all of the concepts involved in rocket science can be incredibly intimidating. My name’s Tim Dodd but I'm better known as the Everyday Astronaut. Recently I fell head over heels in love with spaceflight. My appreciation and curiosity for the subject grew into an obsession. Before you knew it, all I wanted to do was learn more and more... the more I learned, the more I wanted to share what was making me so excited. But as someone who dropped out of college and has no technical background or degree… I really felt unqualified for the job of explaining rocket science to anyone. But the fact of the matter is, if I can learn this stuff, anyone can. Rocket science is awesome, and you don’t need to be a rocket scientist to be excited. Everyday Astronaut. Bringing space down to Earth for everyday people.
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    SN-09 on Pad B during the cryotest & thruster tests.

    20210104_025419.jpg

    Mary @BocaChicaGal
    Starship SN9 is almost on the launch stand.
    @NASASpaceflight https://t.co/f622KYep5J

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    https://twitter.com/BocaChicaGal/status/1341524302785605632




    Teslarati @Teslarati
    SpaceX's next Starship gets frosty to prepare for first launch https://t.co/KNlZAPvmyf by @13ericralph31

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    https://twitter.com/Teslarati/status/1344221921794269185
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    • #3
      SN-09

      TFRs (FAA Temporary Flight Restrictions)

      Static fire: Wednesday, Jan 6

      TFR: Friday, Jan 8 (alt: unlimited)

      https://tfr.faa.gov/save_pages/detail_1_1073.html


      TFR: Saturday, Jan 9 (alt: unlimited)

      https://tfr.faa.gov/save_pages/detail_1_1076.html
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      • #4
        Another SN-09 TFR - this one for Sunday, January 10. Also to unlimited altitude.

        https://tfr.faa.gov/save_pages/detail_1_1077.html
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        • #5
          SN-09 Static fire attempt

          Road closed
          Pad evacuated
          Tank venting
          Propellant loading
          LOX venting
          Tri-venting (usually 12-15 min to ignition)
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          • #6
            SN-09 static fire !!!
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            • #7
              Sounds like another static fire tomorrow (Thursday) - trying for longer.
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              • #8
                Starship SN6 has its mass simulator removed, potentially preparing it to be used as the NASA Human Landing System mockup. Meanwhile SN9 continues toward launch preparations, launch currently scheduled for no earlier than January 8th.


                Using a Starship prototype as a NASA Artemis Human Lander System demo would put it in this fin-less configuration,

                Erday_Astro_IMG_20201212_194530.jpg
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                • #9
                  SN-09 static fire

                  Date: Monday, January 11
                  Window: 0900 - 1800 Eastern

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                  https://twitter.com/bocachicagal/status/1348391633784631296
                  Last edited by Dr Mordrid; 10 January 2021, 20:13.
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                  • #10
                    Monday's static fire attempt was cancelled by a triple-whammy of events,

                    1. high altitude winds

                    2. an overturned cement truck on the highway to the test site

                    3. a ship ran aground at the beach next to the test site

                    The Rocket Gods must have been angry o_O

                    @BocaChicaGal (Mary, who shoots most of those great pictures) got a notice there's a static fire attempt on for today (Tuesday, see below), and there are FAA flight restrictions (main & 2 backup dates) for Wednesday --> Friday.

                    Note: the times in Mary's post are US Central, so the window is 0900 - 1800 Eastern.

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                    https://twitter.com/bocachicagal/status/1348796727067742209
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                    • #11
                      Wednesday Jan 13 SN-09 attempt

                      Propellant loading & venting
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                      • #12
                        Tri-venting

                        Static fire!!
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                        • #13
                          Looked good!

                          If the flight readiness review is good SN-09 should fly tomorrow or Friday.

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                          https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/status/1349423312728956928
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                          • #14
                            Trying for another static fire o_0

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                            https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1349432529657294848


                            "Today at SpaceX is about practicing Starship engine starts. Ship is held down by massive pins while engines are fired. Two starts completed, about to try a third."
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                            • #15
                              Static Fire 2

                              Reports it shook a hotel room at South Padre Island (6 miles)
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