Starship Flight 9 was launched on May 27 using Booster 14 (on its second flight and Ship 35.
Launch was at about 2336:29 UTC. Booster 14 completed its ascent burn and Ship hot-staged (ignited and then separated) at about T+2m40s.
Launch was at about 2336:29 UTC. Booster 14 completed its ascent burn and Ship hot-staged (ignited and then separated) at about T+2m40s.
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The SpaceX webcast provided less info than previously but the booster likely reached an
apogee of about 95 km.
reignition of the engines for the landing burn at about T+6m17s resulted in destruction of the
vehicle, for reasons that are not yet publicly known.
about T+9m0s in an orbit that I estimate as 5 x 189 km x 26.5 deg. I
can't quite get the height and velocity curves from the webcast to yield
a consistent orbit solution;
around plus 5 km, the height values prefer more like minus 15 km, and this may serve
as an indication of the uncertainty range.
door was resealed; the eight Starlink-3 simulators (dummy payloads) were not ejected.
At T+22 min the Ship's attitude began to oscillate and by T+26 min (0002 UTC May 28)
attitude control had been lost.
Concluded that it has to be
severe delusions of grandeur on the part of someone.
OK - Mars Project or similar..!
Certainly, interesting innovative technology, no arguement there..!
Do they know how far the nearest Star is..?
Nearer than Proxima Centauri..
By a 'unimaginable' margin.
Why not call it..
"The Big Bang"..!
(No disrespect intended).