Guest Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 I wonder when they'll start selling Starlink in Europe. With so many sats up they should have decent coverage by now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zolotiyeruki Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 1 hour ago, Dragon01 said: I wonder when they'll start selling Starlink in Europe. With so many sats up they should have decent coverage by now. Since they're not in geosynchronous orbit, there's no technical reason for lack of coverage *anywhere* (except maybe the poles). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotius Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 1 hour ago, Dragon01 said: I wonder when they'll start selling Starlink in Europe. With so many sats up they should have decent coverage by now. I'd say we have to wait for couple of years. Sat density is still very far away from what SpaceX wants. Also setting up the whole system, squashing worst of the bugs etc. is not a matter of mere months. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RealKerbal3x Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 (edited) Apparently SN6 already did a cryo test, though I couldn't find anything through the usual channels. Here's a timelapse I found: Seems like it was successful too, as the thrust simulator was removed today. Edited August 17, 2020 by RealKerbal3x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Entropian Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 Nice! Have they scheduled any road closures for the near future? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaceception Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 (edited) A 3 week window starting this week! Same altitude limit as SN5 Edited August 17, 2020 by Spaceception Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Entropian Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 Just putting it out here: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCgothic Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 What's the previous record? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevenperforce Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 (edited) 5 minutes ago, RCgothic said: What's the previous record? Whoa. That is unbelievable. Original design target was 300 bar. It hit 268 bar in Feb 2019 and reached 300 bar in June 2020. Edited August 17, 2020 by sevenperforce Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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RCgothic Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 So ~360 bar to hit 2.5MN. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derega16 Posted August 18, 2020 Share Posted August 18, 2020 (edited) 3 hours ago, RCgothic said: What's the previous record? "Without exploding" means some of them had engine rich combustion isn't it? I wonder how many SN sacrificed to the Kraken on the test stand at this point of development Edited August 18, 2020 by derega16 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted August 18, 2020 Share Posted August 18, 2020 They've built 40 Raptors. ULA is still waiting on a "not pathfinder" Be-4, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flavio hc16 Posted August 18, 2020 Share Posted August 18, 2020 1 hour ago, tater said: They've built 40 Raptors. ULA is still waiting on a "not pathfinder" Be-4, right? So we now know that Starship can hover Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hannu2 Posted August 18, 2020 Share Posted August 18, 2020 2 hours ago, tater said: They've built 40 Raptors. Have all of them been full rocket engines or some test objects with limited parts? If they have blown up more than 30 units so far in different experiments Raptor test engineer must be a dream job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manaiaK Posted August 18, 2020 Share Posted August 18, 2020 18 hours ago, Dragon01 said: I wonder when they'll start selling Starlink in Europe. With so many sats up they should have decent coverage by now. Won't they have to get radio transmission licences in Europe? The ground stations transmit to the satellites. There might also be some international space treaty law about transmitting into a country from space without approval. I'm hazy on that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 18, 2020 Share Posted August 18, 2020 There is probably a whole bunch of regulatory shenanigans involved, not to mention that they'd have to adjust their pricing on a per-country basis (nobody is going to pay German prices in Poland or Lithuania), but I'm pretty sure that they're not insurmountable, and the idea is to have this available worldwide. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RealKerbal3x Posted August 18, 2020 Share Posted August 18, 2020 New downcomer, thrust puck and legs! (also, it's definitely a launch pad and not a water tower). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnemoe Posted August 18, 2020 Share Posted August 18, 2020 31 minutes ago, manaiaK said: Won't they have to get radio transmission licences in Europe? The ground stations transmit to the satellites. There might also be some international space treaty law about transmitting into a country from space without approval. I'm hazy on that. Don't think its rules about transmitting from space, yes its some agreements about frequency use and so on. Now the antennas need permissions in each country as they are radio transmitters. Now one reason they focus on US first is that its just one country and they might have to do changes to the antennas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCgothic Posted August 18, 2020 Share Posted August 18, 2020 Are these cleaned up weld lines new, or do they do this before every flight, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elthy Posted August 18, 2020 Share Posted August 18, 2020 I remember seeing them a long time ago, so not new. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted August 18, 2020 Share Posted August 18, 2020 1 hour ago, RCgothic said: Are these cleaned up weld lines new, or do they do this before every flight, They check the welds, at least on "pathfinder" boosters that are going for the next milestone I think. So they clean along them to visualize them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCgothic Posted August 18, 2020 Share Posted August 18, 2020 Looking back I don't think B1051 was cleaned before its fifth flight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted August 18, 2020 Share Posted August 18, 2020 1 minute ago, RCgothic said: Looking back I don't think B1051 was cleaned before its fifth flight. Early on we saw those cleaned lines a lot for reused boosters. Maybe it's based on data they got during the previous launch that triggers a check? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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