sh1pman Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 4 minutes ago, magnemoe said: and they hope to get it to orbit, SSTO? Or with the booster? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnemoe Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 4 minutes ago, sh1pman said: SSTO? Or with the booster? With booster as far as I know. They will fly suborbital with prototype however. Prototype is likely heavier than the final version and unknown if it will have enough dV to reach orbit and land again as SSTO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDE Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 SpaceX fans are very kind people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xd the great Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 11 minutes ago, DDE said: SpaceX fans are very kind people. Is that... the blue moon balls? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flying dutchman Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 I'm really interested in how the actuating drag fins will work. Will these be on the orbital prototype? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SecondChance Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 16 minutes ago, DDE said: SpaceX fans are very kind people. This made me LOL so hard! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elthy Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 4 minutes ago, Flying dutchman said: I'm really interested in how the actuating drag fins will work. Will these be on the orbital prototype? Im sure they will. Besides the heatshield its the most critical part of the starship, it would be stupid not to test it as early as possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Racescort666 Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 (edited) 8 hours ago, Reactordrone said: Yeah but the Atlas fairing has the entire upper stage inside it. Both of those numbers are from the payload adapter to the start of the ogive. Edited May 13, 2019 by Racescort666 Double post Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 The octagon part of Blue Moon is nearly 7m across at the longest point (has to fit in NG), the scale on that image is all wrong (BM is too small). Did make me laugh, though. OK, wrong thread, but Blue Origin abbreviated is "BO" and Blue Moon is BM... do they not think of these things? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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KSK Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 4 hours ago, tater said: The octagon part of Blue Moon is nearly 7m across at the longest point (has to fit in NG), the scale on that image is all wrong (BM is too small). Did make me laugh, though. OK, wrong thread, but Blue Origin abbreviated is "BO" and Blue Moon is BM... do they not think of these things? I heard they had plans for a mission to Saturn but somebody called them on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 10 minutes ago, KSK said: I heard they had plans for a mission to Saturn but somebody called them on it. Is that after the flight of their Blue Jupiter probe (that one I kinda like). On topic: Falcon 9 is vertical on the pad for a static fire in advance of the Starlink launch Wednesday night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KSK Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 Gets back on topic after a schoolboy snigger at the last post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 1 hour ago, KSK said: I heard they had plans for a mission to Saturn but somebody called them on it. As long as they don’t go past Saturn, now that would be awkward... ok ok... 1 hour ago, tater said: Falcon 9 is vertical on the pad for a static fire in advance of the Starlink launch Wednesday night. With all those storms moving thru tho? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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sh1pman Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 Static fire WITH payload? They must be really confident in their COPVs... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XB-70A Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 I looked online and didn't find any closer pictures of B1049.3 on the pad (for now), so I went to Playalinda to catch some and share them here: The weather and the distance (about 12.5 km) make them bad, but at least the community can get a preview of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xd the great Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 43 minutes ago, sh1pman said: Static fire WITH payload? They must be really confident in their COPVs... Maybe they are testing that the payload will not dispense during firing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted May 14, 2019 Share Posted May 14, 2019 (edited) Awaiting official word, but... Oh, wait, that actually was official. Edited May 14, 2019 by CatastrophicFailure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted May 14, 2019 Share Posted May 14, 2019 Interesting notions of how Starlink might deploy: Also: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrandedonEarth Posted May 14, 2019 Share Posted May 14, 2019 16 hours ago, sh1pman said: Static fire WITH payload? They must be really confident in their COPVs... They’re perfectly happy risking their own payload, but will no longer risk the payload of a paying customer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricktoberfest Posted May 14, 2019 Share Posted May 14, 2019 1 hour ago, StrandedonEarth said: They’re perfectly happy risking their own payload, but will no longer risk the payload of a paying customer. They’re probably self insuring so no nasty insurance company to please Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien_The_Unbeliever Posted May 14, 2019 Share Posted May 14, 2019 (edited) 4 hours ago, StrandedonEarth said: They’re perfectly happy risking their own payload, but will no longer risk the payload of a paying customer. And re-establishing a track record of doing the static fires with payload integrated. If the loss is far enough back and they're doing plenty of pre-integrated fires, they can persuade all but the most risk averse customers to go with it again and speed up their tempo. Edited May 14, 2019 by Damien_The_Unbeliever typo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted May 14, 2019 Share Posted May 14, 2019 (edited) So we have the hopper, waiting on Raptor to be reinstalled. Next door, they are building another one (not hopper, presumably higher alt test vehicle). Now, it turns out pictures are emerging of a THIRD Starship (SH?) being constructed in FL at a facility in Cocoa. (that or a very shiny, cylindrical water tank is being built on a lot that SpaceX owns/leases.) Edited May 14, 2019 by tater Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotius Posted May 14, 2019 Share Posted May 14, 2019 Heavy Booster prototype being built? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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