Spaceflight π · @spaceflight
1572 followers · 1349 posts · Server techhub.socialπ July 11, 2023 #SpaceXβs #Starship π upgrades
β’ Electric #ThrustVector controls
β’ #HotStaging
β’ Throttle up faster at #liftoff
β’ #LaunchPad water π¦ deluge system
#SpaceX #starship #thrustvector #hotstaging #liftoff #LaunchPad
Spaceflight π · @spaceflight
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#SpaceX may be targeting somewhere from eight to ten launches of #Starship π in π 2024 which would include activation of its #Florida #launchpad https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2023/07/booster-9-rollout-static-fire/
#SpaceX #starship #Florida #LaunchPad
Spaceflight π · @spaceflight
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A wave of over 100 trucks π of #concrete late last month marked the opening salvo in #SpaceXβs efforts to fill in the hole π³οΈ that was left after the maiden flight of #Starship.
This was followed by the rollout of the central #steel plate. Around 300 trucks were utilized in total. The final parts of the #deluge system began to arrive at the #LaunchPad on π Thursday https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2023/07/starship-launch-site-readiness/
#concrete #SpaceX #starship #steel #deluge #LaunchPad
Spaceflight π · @spaceflight
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π΄σ §σ ’σ ³σ £σ ΄σ Ώ #SaxaVord #Spaceport : The first lift-off will be a #SubOrbital #rocket π made by #HyImpulse π©πͺ, expected around π October 2023. In π April 2024, #RocketFactory aims to achieve the first-ever #orbital #satellite π°οΈ launch from a #LaunchPad called Fredo.
#SaxaVord will build a total of five #LaunchPads, with the site able to take #rockets up to 35 metres long π. https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/23611304.saxavord-spaceport-shetland-just-weeks-away-recognition/
Picture : #Latitude Test Zone at SaxaVord Spaceport https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Latitude_Test_Zone_at_SaxaVord_Spaceport_1.jpg
#saxavord #spaceport #suborbital #rocket #hyimpulse #rocketfactory #orbital #satellite #LaunchPad #launchpads #rockets #latitude
Spaceflight π · @spaceflight
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The US πΊπΈ #FCC received requests for 38,000 new #satellites in 2021. If half of that were launched that would triple the number of active satellites π°οΈ in #orbit today. As a result, there is a healthy demand for #Launchpads capable of sending a #rocket π to orbit. https://www.thespacereview.com/article/4563/1
#OpenStreetMap
44 #Spaceport https://overpass-turbo.eu/?w=%22aeroway%22%3D%22spaceport%22+global&R
110 #Launchpad https://overpass-turbo.eu/?w=%22aeroway%22%3D%22launchpad%22+global&R
#Satellite #SpaceCompany : https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/keys/aerospace%3Aproduct#values
Picture : #Europe's #Launchpads in #Kourou https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Plan_Centre_Spatial_Guyanais-en.svg
#fcc #satellites #orbit #launchpads #rocket #openstreetmap #spaceport #LaunchPad #satellite #spacecompany #Europe #kourou
Spaceflight π · @spaceflight
1372 followers · 1012 posts · Server techhub.social#Starship #launchpad repair underway at #BocaChica https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlkSA3fKyBc
#starship #LaunchPad #bocachica
Spaceflight π · @spaceflight
1325 followers · 948 posts · Server techhub.socialRocket exhaust generates a significant amount of acoustic energy. As the #supersonic exhaust collides with the ambient air, shock waves are formed. Without the sound suppression system, acoustic waves would #reflect off of the #LaunchPad towards the #rocket. These acoustic waves can be so severe as to #damage or destroy the rocket. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocket#Flight
π₯ Flame deflectors or flame trenches are designed to channel rocket exhaust away from the #LaunchPad but also #redirect acoustic energy away https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sound_suppression_system
#supersonic #reflect #LaunchPad #rocket #damage #redirect #flametrench
Spaceflight π · @spaceflight
1323 followers · 947 posts · Server techhub.socialSome #Starbase #Launchpad aftermath by RGV aerial photography https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWcb2MMKsN4
#Starbase #LaunchPad #starship
Spaceflight π · @spaceflight
1316 followers · 955 posts · Server techhub.social#SpaceX started to build βa massive water-cooled, steel plate to go under the launch mount.β but it βwasnβt ready in timeβ and the company had hoped the concrete under the rocket would survive the first launch. #Musk added that it βlooks like we can be ready to launch again in 1 to 2 months.β https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/04/21/spacex-starship-launch-debris-shrapnel
#Starship #launchpad damage
#SpaceX #musk #starship #LaunchPad
Spaceflight π · @spaceflight
1309 followers · 949 posts · Server techhub.social#SpaceX started to build βa massive water-cooled, steel plate to go under the launch mount.β but it βwasnβt ready in timeβ and the company had hoped the concrete under the rocket would survive the first launch. #Musk added that it βlooks like we can be ready to launch again in 1 to 2 months.β https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/04/21/spacex-starship-launch-debris-shrapnel
#Starship #launchpad damage
#SpaceX #musk #starship #LaunchPad
Spaceflight π · @spaceflight
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A #FlameTrench π₯ https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/tags/aeroway=flame_trench usually channels the #rocket exhaust away from the #LaunchPad
π June 26, 2008 The thrust from #SpaceShuttle #Discovery's engines blasted 3,500 bricks 𧱠from the wall and left them strewn across 457 meters between the #FlameTrench and the pad's perimeter fence https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna25400117
#flametrench #rocket #LaunchPad #spaceshuttle #discovery
Spaceflight π · @spaceflight
1307 followers · 930 posts · Server techhub.socialThe #crater π³οΈ below the #Launchpad https://i.redd.it/7bdn9ok679va1.jpg
Spaceflight π · @spaceflight
1300 followers · 901 posts · Server techhub.social#Reuters π April 20, 2023 The first #Starship test flight https://youtu.be/zw0akWuUu7c made it to 37 km after a clean liftoff but failed to separate as designed from the lower-stage #Super Heavy. Gwynne #Shotwell told a conference in February that the "real goal" of the test "is to not blow up the #LaunchPad." A number of additional Super Heavy boosters are already on deck in #BocaChica, Texas, for future test flights π https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/elon-musks-spacex-launches-debut-flight-starship-rocket-system-2023-04-20/
#reuters #starship #super #shotwell #LaunchPad #bocachica
asahi95@ubuntu:~$ :idle: · @asahi95
60 followers · 103 posts · Server techhub.socialCan I still make and use #GPG keys π (via gnupg2 or seahorse) to verify things like Canonical's #Launchpad alongside a #Tutanota account?
#gpg #LaunchPad #tutanota #askfedi
Spaceflight π · @spaceflight
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π January 13, 2023 πΈπͺ #Esrange #Spaceport : "#space start-ups such as #Munich π©πͺ -based #IsarAerospace are already hard at work at the Esrange facility testing their own technology, while the #ESA πͺπΊ wants to carry out so-called βhop testsβ of #reusable #rocket take-off and #landing tech at the site" https://www.politico.eu/article/sweden-launch-europe-space-age
Picture : #LaunchPad at Esrange #SpaceCenter https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NASA%27s_BARREL_Mission_in_Sweden_(28426515974).jpg
#esrange #spaceport #space #munich #isaraerospace #Esa #reusable #rocket #landing #LaunchPad #spacecenter #sweden
Spaceflight π · @spaceflight
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π#Nature π 06 December 2022 #ESA is developing a #battery for #space missions that is powered by #nuclear waste. #Americium has a longer half-life than plutonium-238, which means it lasts #longer but packs less #power per gram. But because americium is more readily available, producing one watt of power #costs about one-fifth as much as it does using #plutonium. Tests will include monitoring the behaviour of components at high temperatures and under #impact β for example, during an #explosion π₯ on the #launchpad β to ensure that #radioactive β’οΈ material would not leak https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-04247-6
#nature #Esa #battery #space #nuclear #americium #longer #power #costs #plutonium #impact #explosion #LaunchPad #radioactive #spaceenergy
Spaceflight π · @spaceflight
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#Falcon 9's perspective on #LaunchPad 40 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Canaveral_Space_Launch_Complex_40
Picture : https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Looking_up_from_Pad_40_(27028105566).jpg