threelonmusketeers
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1·8 hours agoNo, but at least one nozzle was ejected on Starship Flight 8. They aren’t supposed to detatch.
5·17 hours agoLooks like that thread is from before they added the data import/export feature.
21·17 hours agospace junk
How are operational satellites “space junk”?
“The best engines are no engines”
The booster is already recoverable, and reuse this year seems likely. Upper stage reuse is more difficult, and most of the rockets in this meme won’t even attempt that (Starship and Andromeda being the notable exceptions).
1·21 hours agohttps://bsky.app/profile/nasaspaceflight.com/post/3lkg55ddwv22c
This mission marked a new pad turnaround record for both SLC-40 and SpaceX in general, with the new record 2d, 8h, 59min, 40s.
Seems like a pad turnaround in under 2 days could be achievable!
Starbase activities (2025-03-15):
- Mar 14th cryo delivery tally.
- Massey’s: Overnight, Test Tank 16 moves from Massey’s to Sanchez. (NSF, ViX)
- Build site: S37 moves from Starfactory to Megabay 2. (LabPadre, ViX, NSF)
- Wind conditions cause some wayward traffic cones. (ViX)
- Car park mural has been restored. (Mary)
- Launch site: “Fat ass-pipe” deliveries continue, likely for the Pad B deluge system. (ViX 1, ViX 2)
- Other: Recent RGV Aerial flyover shots of Pad A, Pad B flame trench, Massey’s, and apartment building construction near Starfactory (cameron.tx, reference map).
- Annotated map of proposed roundabout construction. (Anderson / RGV Aerial)
Starship Mars landing tests:
- Elon is still targeting the 2026 December Mars transfer window. As ever, this is obviously “Elon Time”, and must be adjusted accordingly :)
Hard capture complete.
Contact and soft capture confirmed.
https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1900889958669508670
Deployment of 23 @Starlink satellites confirmed
SES-4, SECO-4, and nominal orbit insertion.
Final payload deployments confirmed: https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1900835896611520734
Deployment of all rideshare payloads confirmed
SES-3, SECO-3, and nominal orbit insertion.
SES-4 is scheduled for T+02:14:31, followed by final payload deployments.
SES-2, SECO-2, and nominal orbit insertion.
Payload deployments have begun.
Stage 1 landing confirmed!
M-vac shutdown, nominal orbit insertion. SES-2 is scheduled for T+51 minutes.
MECO, stage separation, M-vac ignition, stage 1 boostback burn, and fairing separation.
Liftoff!
Hosted webcast has started. Zachary Luppen and Tyler Lionquist are hosting.
Gosh, the early days of crewed spaceflight were harrowing.
Not really. The only relevant bit was “vibrations caused a failure of a fuel line in the aft section of the upper stage” which had been widely reported elsewhere.