SpaceX Starship & Super Heavy booster [Raptor Vacuum breathes fire]

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  • Dr Mordrid
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    • Apr 2001
    • 26592
    #196
    Raptor Vacuum (RVac) breaths fire!

    Were talking an engine more powerful than the RS-25 used in the Shuttle and SLS, but smaller.

    This is RVac B, which will be good for orbital & cislunar. RVac C gets an optimized specific impulse (~380) for Mars etc.

    The Starship gets 3 of these, plus 3 sea level Raptors..

    And, as promised, RVac can also fire at sea level o_0

    SpaceX (@SpaceX) on X
    https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1309317126130339845
    Completed a full duration test fire of the Raptor Vacuum engine at SpaceX’s rocket development facility in McGregor, Texas


    Last edited by Dr Mordrid; 25 September 2020, 05:11.
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      • Dr Mordrid
        Moderator
        • Apr 2001
        • 26592
        #197
        Starship SN-08 cryo-testing

        Primary date: Tuesday, September 29
        Secondary date 1: Wednesday, September 30
        Secondary date 2: Thursday, October 1
        Times: 2200 - 0700 Eastern
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          • Dr Mordrid
            Moderator
            • Apr 2001
            • 26592
            #198
            SN-08 rollout - and she's now at the test stand.

            Click image for larger version.

            IMG_20200926_134639.jpg

            Elon Musk (@elonmusk) on X
            https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1309909732954533889
            Starship SN8 with rear body flaps

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            Elon Musk@elonmusk
            Sep 26, 2020
            Replying to @elonmusk
            Nosecone & front flaps next week. SN9 next month.
            ||
            First flight is to 15km or ~50,000 ft

            Elon Musk (@elonmusk) on X
            https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1309910946219876353
            First flight is to 15km or ~50,000 ft
            Dr. Mordrid
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              • Dr Mordrid
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                • Apr 2001
                • 26592
                #199
                Super Heavy parts (upper dome, fuel stack, ring stacks), new crane assembly, launch table construction, etc.
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                  • Dr Mordrid
                    Moderator
                    • Apr 2001
                    • 26592
                    #200
                    Thread 2
                    SpaceX Starship updates (thread 2) [launch in March] - MURC
                    http://www.murc.ws/showthread.php?73911-SpaceX-Starship-amp-Super-Heavy-updates-(thread-2)
                    Sit back, relax and watch the World go by.
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