{"id":127974,"date":"2024-11-20T09:21:49","date_gmt":"2024-11-20T02:21:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=127974"},"modified":"2024-11-20T09:21:49","modified_gmt":"2024-11-20T02:21:49","slug":"study-captures-the-real-rumble-of-spacex-starship-heard-from-20-miles-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=127974","title":{"rendered":"Study captures the real rumble of SpaceX Starship heard from 20 miles away"},"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<div class=\"featured featured-video video-ct\">\n<div class=\"video-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p class=\"sub-text\">Highlights from SpaceX&#8217;s fifth orbital test flight of the Starship spaceship show the launch, separation and the first successful catch of the Super Heavy Booster in Texas on Oct. 13, 2024.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">A team of researchers is looking to determine how much impact the roar of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/space-x\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SpaceX<\/a> Starship and Super Heavy booster can have on surrounding communities, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/wildlife\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wildlife<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">SpaceX has completed five test flights of its 400-foot-tall Starship and Super Heavy booster launch system, from its launch facilities in South <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/texas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Texas<\/a>. The spaceship is the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/world\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">world<\/a>&#8216;s largest and most powerful rocket \u2013 and, as expected, a very loud launch to experience even from miles away.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">BYU\u2019s Physics and Aerospace Student-Centered Acoustics Laboratory (PASCAL) team set up eight acoustic measurement stations around SpaceX\u2019s Starbase facility to find out just how loud the world\u2019s most powerful rocket really is.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">During these test flights, Starship launches from Texas, enters low-<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/earth-space\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Earth<\/a> orbit and then splashes down in the Indian <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/ocean\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ocean<\/a>. The Super Heavy booster is designed to land back at the launch tower and be caught by two chopstick-like arms.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/earth-space\/spacex-catches-starship-booster-mechazilla-arms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>SPACEX CATCHES STARSHIP BOOSTER IN &#8216;MECHAZILLA ARMS&#8217; IN HISTORIC FIRST<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">BYU\u2019s initial <a href=\"https:\/\/pubs.aip.org\/asa\/jel\/article\/4\/11\/113601\/3320807\/Starship-super-heavy-acoustics-Far-field-noise\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">findings<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/pubs.aip.org\/asa\/jel\/article\/4\/11\/113601\/3320807\/Starship-super-heavy-acoustics-Far-field-noise\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">published this week<\/a>, show that thundering sonic booms about 30 seconds after the booster return were heard at all eight measuring stations, even as far as North <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/local-weather\/texas\/brownsville\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Brownsville<\/a>, Texas, about 20 miles from SpaceX\u2019s Starbase site. According to a <a href=\"https:\/\/news.byu.edu\/intellect\/sounding-off-byu-researchers-study-the-roar-of-spacexs-starship\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">BYU news release<\/a>, the sound at that distance was about as loud as a vacuum cleaner.<\/p>\n<div class=\"featured featured-image component-center\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/288\/162\/gettyimages-2177494233.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/576\/324\/gettyimages-2177494233.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"576\" height=\"324\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/720\/405\/gettyimages-2177494233.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1440\/810\/gettyimages-2177494233.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"1440\" height=\"810\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/668\/376\/gettyimages-2177494233.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1336\/752\/gettyimages-2177494233.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"1336\" height=\"752\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"668\" height=\"376\" src=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/668\/376\/gettyimages-2177494233.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"The SpaceX Starship lifts off from Starbase near Boca Chica, Texas, on October 13, 2024, for the Starship Flight 5 test. SpaceX successfully &quot;caught&quot; the first-stage booster of its Starship megarocket Sunday as it returned to the launch pad after a test flight, a world first in the company's quest for rapid reusability. (Photo by SERGIO FLORES \/ AFP)\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p class=\"title\">The SpaceX Starship lifts off from Starbase near Boca Chica, Texas, on October 13, 2024, for the Starship Flight 5 test. SpaceX successfully &#8220;caught&#8221; the first-stage booster of its Starship megarocket Sunday as it returned to the launch pad after a test flight, a world first in the company&#8217;s quest for rapid reusability. (Photo by SERGIO FLORES \/ AFP) (Photo by SERGIO FLORES\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p class=\"sub-text\"><strong> (Getty Images)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">The study authors wrote that it was &#8220;surprising the maximum noise during the landing burn \u2026 is on par with the maximum liftoff noise.&#8221; For liftoff, the booster fires all 33 engines, while landing requires only 13.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">The Starship launch sound was loud by any standards: even 10 kilometers (6.2 miles) away, it was as loud as a rock concert. At 20 kilometers (12.4 miles), it rivaled the noise of a table saw or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/snow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">snowblower<\/a>. At 30-35 kilometers (18.6-21.7 miles), the sound was still as loud as a vacuum cleaner or hair dryer, according to BYU.<\/p>\n<h2 data-v-4e81e892=\"\"><strong>How does Starship&#8217;s launch noise compare to NASA&#8217;s Moon rocket, the SLS?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">Until Starship&#8217;s first successful orbital launch, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/nasa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NASA<\/a>&#8216;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/moon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Moon<\/a> rocket, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/artemis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Space Launch System (SLS)<\/a>, was the most powerful. The researchers found that a Starship is louder than the SLS launch by a factor of four to six and the equivalent of at least 10 launches of SpaceX&#8217;s smaller Falcon 9 rocket.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"featured featured-video video-ct\">\n<div class=\"video-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p class=\"sub-text\">The Artemis I moon rocket successfully launched early Wednesday, starting the Orion spacecraft&#8217;s journey to orbit the moon and marking a major step toward returning humans to the moon.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">While noise is a factor in the environmental studies ahead of SpaceX&#8217;s first Starship launches from Texas and eventually <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/florida\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Florida<\/a>, this is the first true measure of how far this acoustic impact <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">travels<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">The noise is notable because SpaceX plans to replace its current fleet of Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy rockets with Starship, which will launch about 100 times a year. Florida&#8217;s Space Coast residents are used to the rumble of frequent \u2013 mostly SpaceX launches \u2013 but if Starship begins launching there as planned, this will be a much more noticeable disruption.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">The study&#8217;s lead author, BYU physics professor Kent Gee, said these disruptions could impact humans and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/wildlife\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wildlife<\/a>. Imagine being woken by a snowblower outside your window nightly.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">&#8220;We are a space-going people now and it\u2019s a delicate balance. How do you balance that with making sure you\u2019re being a good environmental steward? Our research will see what the impacts are on threatened or endangered species in the region, as well as the impact on community life,&#8221; Gee said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">The researchers will also be at Starship\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/earth-space\/spacex-sixth-starship-test-flight-texas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">upcoming sixth test flight from Texas<\/a> as soon as Tuesday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/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:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/earth-space\/study-spacex-starship-super-heavy-sound\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Highlights from SpaceX&#8217;s fifth orbital test flight of the Starship spaceship show the launch, separation and the first successful catch of the Super Heavy Booster in Texas on Oct. 13, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=127974\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9472],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-127974","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-weather","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127974","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=127974"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127974\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=127974"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=127974"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=127974"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}