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Jacktical

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SpaceX | Starship IFT-2 | 17th November 2023

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Starship’s first flight test provided numerous insights that directly contributed to several upgrades to both the vehicle and ground infrastructure to improve the probability of success on the next test flight.

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The second flight test will debut a hot-stage separation system and a new electronic Thrust Vector Control (TVC) system for Super Heavy Raptor engines, in addition to reinforcements to the pad foundation and a water-cooled steel flame deflector.

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Fully fueled, Starship weighs approximately 5000 t (11,000,000 lbs) and produces 16.7 million pounds of thrust, more than twice the thrust of the Saturn V rocket.

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On ignition, 3 raptors were shut down, 2 due to the flight computer deeming the startup process 'unhealthy' and another due to a component failure which caused a fire inside the inner engine bay. This was not known until after booster recovery.

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"We have throttled down and throttled back up, Starship has passed the period of maximum aerodynamic pressure."

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The fire in the inner engine bay led to an overpressure event, no raptors were lost and the booster continued to fly as intended.

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The superheavy booster cuts off all but the three centre engines. This reduces the thrust enough for the Starship upper stage to separate from the booster. Unlike IFT-1 starship separates using a hot-staging system, with the 3 vacuum raptors igniting while still attached to the booster, increasing performance.

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The inner sea level raptors ignite seconds later.

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Superheavy performs its boostback burn.

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"The superheavy booster is about to begin its landing burn, touching down softly in the Gulf of Mexico."

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"Booster landing confirmed."

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Booster 9 will be tugged back to the port of Brownsville for recovery and inspection. 

Meanwhile, Starship continues on its journey to space...

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Starship shuts down just short of orbital velocity, allowing it to reenter over the Pacific Ocean without the need for raptor reignition.

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Starship reenters Earth's atmosphere at a speed of 15,500 MPH, over 15 times the speed of a bullet.

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By using its actuated flaps, Starship free-falls like a skydiver. This manoeuvre has already been demonstrated previously in the high-altitude flight tests.

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Splashing down off the coast of Hawaii around 90 minutes after launch, Starship's second integrated flight test comes to a close.

For the first time in history, full reusability has been proven, opening endless possibilities for the future of spaceflight.

Excitement is guaranteed...

NEXT LAUNCH: Vulcan CERT-1

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On 11/11/2023 at 7:03 AM, Jacktical said:

SpaceX | Starship IFT-2 | 17th November 2023

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Starship’s first flight test provided numerous insights that directly contributed to several upgrades to both the vehicle and ground infrastructure to improve the probability of success on the next test flight.

V9oK5Qy.png

The second flight test will debut a hot-stage separation system and a new electronic Thrust Vector Control (TVC) system for Super Heavy Raptor engines, in addition to reinforcements to the pad foundation and a water-cooled steel flame deflector.

P1kqh2O.png

6pJughW.png

Fully fueled, Starship weighs approximately 5000 t (11,000,000 lbs) and produces 16.7 million pounds of thrust, more than twice the thrust of the Saturn V rocket.

pbRQO4z.png

On ignition, 3 raptors were shut down, 2 due to the flight computer deeming the startup process 'unhealthy' and another due to a component failure which caused a fire inside the inner engine bay. This was not known until after booster recovery.

LFczshF.png

pbRQO4z.png

"We have throttled down and throttled back up, Starship has passed the period of maximum aerodynamic pressure."

HJiFVsf.png

mtCcko7.png

The fire in the inner engine bay led to an overpressure event, no raptors were lost and the booster continued to fly as intended.

pwNvt77.png

D0FPtS8.png

The superheavy booster cuts off all but the three centre engines. This reduces the thrust enough for the Starship upper stage to separate from the booster. Unlike IFT-1 starship separates using a hot-staging system, with the 3 vacuum raptors igniting while still attached to the booster, increasing performance.

SInobUX.png

UGdESq9.png

The inner sea level raptors ignite seconds later.

3TH4Gzm.png

d9aGYsg.png

Superheavy performs its boostback burn.

kzl9obI.png

diPTkqu.png

"The superheavy booster is about to begin its landing burn, touching down softly in the Gulf of Mexico."

jIsPwcA.png

"Booster landing confirmed."

fIfzrL8.png

Booster 9 will be tugged back to the port of Brownsville for recovery and inspection. 

Meanwhile, Starship continues on its journey to space...

u6BYF0H.png

Gl0AiEx.png

2wPLOWU.png

6MaSluK.png

gpWcypN.png

Starship shuts down just short of orbital velocity, allowing it to reenter over the Pacific Ocean without the need for raptor reignition.

j0Bi8Wp.png

6vCRLvh.png

O1fSWS7.png

RG9nTzP.png

Starship reenters Earth's atmosphere at a speed of 15,500 MPH, over 15 times the speed of a bullet.

sw384uP.png

LK8MXi3.png

By using its actuated flaps, Starship free-falls like a skydiver. This manoeuvre has already been demonstrated previously in the high-altitude flight tests.

LW12SoX.png

Splashing down off the coast of Hawaii around 90 minutes after launch, Starship's second integrated flight test comes to a close.

For the first time in history, full reusability has been proven, opening endless possibilities for the future of spaceflight.

Excitement is guaranteed...

NEXT LAUNCH: Vulcan CERT-1

Hopefully this happens in real life

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IFT-2 Announcement

After the extraordinary launch of IFT-2 that we saw on Saturday, my recreation has proved to be... a little bit far from reality lmao.

Amateur and I have made a creative decision to not alter any existing posts to reflect the missions as they happen after the fact. This means that in this universe, IFT-2 was fully successful. If we were to alter every mission to match reality as it happened, there would be no point in doing the mission in the first place. Therefore, this thread can be seen as the real-life Artemis program sprinkled with some best-case scenario alterations. We both hope you are enjoying the thread as much as we are making it and that you will stick with us on this journey. :) 

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Magnificent machine with a 1000ft plume...

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ULA| Vulcan-Centaur CERT-1 | 24th December 2023

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After almost a decade since first being announced, Vulcan Centaur awaits it's Debut flight. Vulcan Centaur is the direct successor to ULA's workhorse, the Atlas V, and hopes to see ULA into a new age of Spaceflight, aswell as being a major part of the Artemis Program

 

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CERT-1 aims to test many new elements such as:

- GEM-63XL solid rocket motors

- Centaur V high energy upper stage

- Blue Origin's BE-4 LNG/LOX engines

Eventually ULA plans to upgrade Vulcan to allow it's BE-4 engines to be recoverable, via a system called SMART Reuse, however, this is not a part of CERT-1's mission goals

 

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The payload for CERT-1 is Astrobotic's Peregrine lunar lander, which will be the first spacecraft to fly in NASA's CLPS program, aiming to develop a set of small-medium sized landers that can eventually be utilised for the Artemis Program, to deliver experiments and hardware to crews on the surface. For this mission, Peregrine will carry a diverse suite of scientific instruments, technologies, mementos, and other payloads from six different countries, dozens of science teams, and hundreds of individuals.

 

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In mission control, Vulcan passes through all its launch checks and prepares to launch...

''...3,  2,  1...We have ignition...''

''...and LIFTOFF of United Launch Alliance's Vulcan Centaur Rocket''

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''Godspeed Vulcan!''

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''One minute in...everything looking good...''

''Vehicle is now...4 miles in altitude, uh, 3 miles downrange''

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''Mach One...Vehicle is now supersonic''

 

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''...uh, Max-Q, thats maximum pressure''

 

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''BE-4s performing nominally, engine response looking good, standing by for SRB burnout''

 

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''uh, and we have Indication of separation of both SRBs at a hundred seconds into flight''

 

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''Standing by for fairing jettison''

 

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''BE-4's now throttling to maintain a constant 4.6g acceleration limit until BECO''

 

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''Centaur has begun the boost phase chilldown sequence to thermally condition the RL10s for operation''

 

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''We have BECO, booster engine cutoff... and we have uh stage separation...and good prestart on the RL10s''

 

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''This is Vulcan mission control at T+5 minutes into today's flight. We just heard our launch commentator confirm the succesful completion of the early phase of CERT-1, and all systems continue to operate nominally. The next major event, Centaur MECO-1 should occur in about twelve minutes''

 

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''Still seeing good performance out of the RL10s and RCS system''

 

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''Standing by for MECO in about ten seconds''

 

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''MECO achieved, Centaur is in Orbit!''

 

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About an hour later, Centaur prepares to perform its TLI burn

 

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''Nominal start from the RL10s''

 

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''MECO-2 achieved, standby for spacecraft sep''

 

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''Successful separation confirmed, Peregine is now on course to reach the Moon''

 

With CERT-1 a success, Vulcan has proven itself to be worthy of carrying on the legacy of Atlas, and will hopefully be a workhorse of the Artemis Program!

 

NEXT MISSION:  CLPS Recap 01

Note: CLPS missions will be rather frequent due to the sheer amount of them. Due to that, we've made the descision to condense them into short summary posts. The first one will consist of Peregrine's landing and the first 2 NOVA-C missions, due to them all taking place in Q1 2023.

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kspbutitscursed

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2 hours ago, Jacktical said:

At some point, yes :) 

Took a screenshot of the livestream overlay and posted it onto a screenshot.

cool im trying to use the IFT-3 overlay and i wanna make the background black

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