SpaceX

[spiderz]

When is the next launch now?
Ship is still on the launch pad

 

[biometrics]

Successful flight but hard landing = explosion.

Watch | SpaceX's Starship prototype explodes on landing after test launch - TechCentral

SpaceX's Starship prototype exploded while attempting to land on Wednesday after an otherwise successful test launch from the company's rocket facility in Boca Chica, Texas, live video of the flight showed.

techcentral.co.za

 

[satanboy]

SpaceX's latest Starship prototype COLLAPSES at the Texas facility

SpaceX's Starship Serial Number 9 collapsed Friday days after its predecessor exploded. Reports say the stand holding up the rocket gave out, but the hay bay caught the craft from hitting the ground.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[Seldom Bucket]

SpaceX launches a record 143 satellites on one rocket, aces landing​

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX successfully launched an ambitious rideshare mission as one of its veteran boosters hoisted 143 small satellites — a new record for a single rocket — into space before nailing a landing at sea.
The two-stage Falcon 9 rocket lifted off Sunday morning (Jan. 24), soaring into a blue sky dotted with clouds at 10 a.m. EST (1500 GMT) from the Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station here in Florida.
Perched atop the veteran launcher is a stack of 143 satellites as part of SpaceX's first dedicated rideshare mission, called Transporter-1. The flight allowed SpaceX to flex its ridesharing muscles in a carefully choreographed orbital ballet as its flagship rocket ferried its largest number of payloads yet.
Acting as a cosmic carpool, SpaceX sent the bevy of small satellites into space alongside 10 of its own Starlink internet satellites. The mission is expected to deposit the flat-paneled Starlink satellites in a unique polar orbit — a first for its broadband fleet that will help provide coverage to customers in Alaska and other polar regions.
As such, the rocket appeared to launch straight overhead and into the clouds as it leapt off the pad this morning

SpaceX launches a record 143 satellites on one rocket, aces landing

SpaceX successfully launched an ambitious rideshare mission as one of its veteran rockets hoisted a record 143 small satellites into space before nailing a landing at sea.

www.space.com

 

[TabacNW]

What rocket was launched last week ? SO send me a video her brother in law send from Florida where he went to watch it being launched.

 

[Düber]

SpaceX launches a record 143 satellites on one rocket, aces landing​

SpaceX launches a record 143 satellites on one rocket, aces landing

SpaceX successfully launched an ambitious rideshare mission as one of its veteran rockets hoisted a record 143 small satellites into space before nailing a landing at sea.

www.space.com

I love the names of the ships, "Of Course I Still Love You" and "Just Read The Instructions."

 

[Dave]

SpaceX is about to launch Starship SN10 if anyone wants something to watch.

T - 47 minutes at time of posting.

 

[biometrics]

Did it land or crash?

 

[Smuggy]

Did it land or crash?

It landed.... Twice..

 

[biometrics]

I read it landed then exploded three minutes later.

 

[Smuggy]

Ja well it did go back up into the air again... And land rather awkwardly...

 

[satanboy]

SpaceX's Starship Makes It To The Ground In One Piece, Blows Up Almost Immediately - Stuff South Africa

Elon Musk's SpaceX has lost another Starship but this one was a close run thing. The oversized rocket prototype, which will eventually transport humans to

stuff.co.za

 

[Düber]

I watched it earlier today, when it landed the first time it was off vertical so I don't know if that had something to do with it.

 

[Dave]

Sounds like SN10 sniffed some helium before it landed, which made it weak.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1369379914139451406

 

[Düber]

It must be very difficult having your testing and development criticised and scrutinised so publicly.

 

[Dave]

It must be very difficult having your testing and development criticised and scrutinised so publicly.

I think Musk secretly loves the attention and scrutiny. What other CEO can you think of that is so personally involved in testing and R&D (and tweeting about it almost daily)?

 

[Düber]

I think Musk secretly loves the attention and scrutiny. What other CEO can you think of that is so personally involved in testing and R&D (and tweeting about it almost daily)?

I was thinking of the engineers etc. Musk is apparently very fickle. Not very many second chances.

 

[spiderz]

I was thinking of the engineers etc. Musk is apparently very fickle. Not very many second chances.

Must be very high stress job.
Boss: Don't make a mistake, the WHOLE world is watching. (while live streaming what they are working on)

 

[satanboy]

SpaceX Starship SN11 test flight flies high and explodes in the fog

A launch in zero visibility comes to a dramatic but unclear end. "At least the crater is in the right place," Elon Musk says.

www.cnet.com

 

[Düber]

They are not having much luck with the Starship project, at $200 million a pop you wonder if they shouldn't rather take a step back and think about the design.