{"id":113728,"date":"2024-10-13T16:24:50","date_gmt":"2024-10-13T09:24:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=113728"},"modified":"2024-10-13T16:24:50","modified_gmt":"2024-10-13T09:24:50","slug":"starship-is-about-to-launch-on-its-fifth-flight-and-this-time-theres-a-catch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=113728","title":{"rendered":"Starship is about to launch on its fifth flight, and this time there\u2019s a catch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cWe landed with half a centimeter accuracy in the ocean, so we think we have a reasonable chance to come back to the tower,&#8221; Gerstenmaier said.<\/p>\n<h2>Launch playbook<\/h2>\n<p>The Starship upper stage, meanwhile, will light six Raptor engines to accelerate to nearly orbital velocity, giving the rocket enough oomph to coast halfway around the world before falling back into the atmosphere over the Indian Ocean.<\/p>\n<p>This is a similar trajectory to the one Starship flew in June, when it survived a fiery reentry for a controlled splashdown. It was the first time SpaceX completed an end-to-end Starship test flight. Onboard cameras showed fragments of the heat shield falling off Starship when it reentered the atmosphere, but the vehicle maintained control and reignited its Raptor engines, flipped from a horizontal to a vertical orientation, and settled into the Indian Ocean northwest of Australia.<\/p>\n<p>After analyzing the results from the June mission, SpaceX engineers decided to rework the heat shield for the next Starship vehicle. The company said its technicians spent more than 12,000 hours replacing the entire thermal protection system with new-generation tiles, a backup ablative layer, and additional protections between the ship&#8217;s flap structures.<\/p>\n<p>From start to finish, Sunday&#8217;s test flight should last approximately 1 hour and 5 minutes.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"ars-img-shortcode id-2056148 align-none\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"ars-lightbox\">\n<div class=\"ars-lightbox-item\">\n              <a data-pswp-width=\"1440\" data-pswp-height=\"752\" data-pswp-srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/starship_rtls-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/starship_rtls-640x334.jpg 640w, https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/starship_rtls-768x401.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/starship_rtls-1536x802.jpg 1536w, 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https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/starship_rtls-1536x802.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/starship_rtls-980x512.jpg 980w, https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/starship_rtls-1440x752.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 10834px) 100vw, 10834px\"\/><br \/>\n              <\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"pswp-caption-content\" id=\"caption-2056148\">\n                This diagram illustrates the path the Super Heavy booster will take to return to the launch pad in Texas, while the Starship upper stage continues the climb to space.<\/p>\n<p>\n                    Credit:<br \/>\n                                          SpaceX\n                                      <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div><figcaption>\n<div class=\"caption mt-1 inline-flex flex-row items-stretch gap-1 text-lg leading-tight text-gray-300\">\n<p>\n      This diagram illustrates the path the Super Heavy booster will take to return to the launch pad in Texas, while the Starship upper stage continues the climb to space.<\/p>\n<p>              <span class=\"caption-credit mt-2 whitespace-nowrap text-xs\"><br \/>\n          Credit:<\/p>\n<p>          SpaceX<\/p>\n<p>                  <\/span>\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Here&#8217;s an overview of the key events during Sunday&#8217;s flight:<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>T+00:00:02: <\/strong>Liftoff<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>T+00:01:02: <\/strong>Maximum aerodynamic pressure<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>T+00:02:33: <\/strong>Super Heavy MECO (most engines cut off)<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>T+00:02:41: <\/strong>Stage separation and ignition of Starship engines<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022\u00a0<\/strong><strong>T+00:02:48: <\/strong>Super Heavy boost-back burn start<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>T+00:03:41: <\/strong>Super Heavy boost-back burn shutdown<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>T+00:03:43: <\/strong>Hot staging ring jettison<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022 T+00:06:08: <\/strong>Super Heavy is subsonic<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022 T+00:06:33: <\/strong>Super Heavy landing burn start<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022 T+00:06:56: <\/strong>Super Heavy landing burn shutdown and catch attempt<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022 T+00:08:27: <\/strong>Starship engine cutoff<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022 T+00:48:03: <\/strong>Starship reentry<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022 T+01:02:34:\u00a0<\/strong>Starship is transonic<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022 T+01:03:43:\u00a0<\/strong>Starship is subsonic<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022 T+01:05:15:\u00a0<\/strong>Starship landing flip<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022 T+01:05:20:<\/strong> Starship landing burn<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022 T+01:05:34:\u00a0<\/strong>Starship splashdown in Indian Ocean<\/p>\n<p>SpaceX officials hope to see Starship&#8217;s heat shield stay intact as it dips into the atmosphere, when temperatures will reach 2,600\u00b0 Fahrenheit (1,430\u00b0 Celsius), hot enough to melt aluminum, the metal used to build many launch vehicles. SpaceX chose stainless steel for Starship because it strong at cryogenic temperatures\u2014the rocket consumes super-cold fuel and oxidizer\u2014and has a higher melting point than aluminum.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/space\/2024\/10\/starship-is-about-to-launch-on-its-fifth-flight-and-this-time-theres-a-catch\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cWe landed with half a centimeter accuracy in the ocean, so we think we have a reasonable chance to come back to the tower,&#8221; Gerstenmaier said. 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