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  • UPCOMING LAUNCH Starship's second Flight Test

    From Frank Howell@21:1/5 to All on Thu Nov 16 15:45:26 2023
    "The second flight test of a fully integrated Starship is set to launch Saturday, November 18. A twenty-minute launch window opens at 7:00 a.m. CT."

    Will all the engines stay lit? Will the stages separate and the
    Starship reach escape velocity?

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  • From bfh@21:1/5 to Frank Howell on Thu Nov 16 19:20:36 2023
    Frank Howell wrote:
    "The second flight test of a fully integrated Starship is set to
    launch Saturday, November 18. A twenty-minute launch window opens at
    7:00 a.m. CT."

    Will all the engines stay lit?  Will the stages separate and the
    Starship reach escape velocity?

    I won't be going, so it probably will.

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    bill
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  • From bfh@21:1/5 to Frank Howell on Sun Nov 19 14:06:28 2023
    Frank Howell wrote:
    "The second flight test of a fully integrated Starship is set to
    launch Saturday, November 18. A twenty-minute launch window opens at
    7:00 a.m. CT."

    Will all the engines stay lit?  Will the stages separate and the
    Starship reach escape velocity?

    It mostly worked - the Starship made it into space and past FL (I
    think) and then it said, "OK, that's it for today. We'll try the
    landings next time. Boom and boom".

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    bill
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  • From George.Anthony@21:1/5 to bfh on Sun Nov 19 17:35:04 2023
    On 11/19/2023 1:06 PM, bfh wrote:
    Frank Howell wrote:
    "The second flight test of a fully integrated Starship is set to
    launch Saturday, November 18. A twenty-minute launch window opens at
    7:00 a.m. CT."

    Will all the engines stay lit?  Will the stages separate and the
    Starship reach escape velocity?

    It mostly worked - the Starship made it into space and past FL (I think)
    and then it said, "OK, that's it for today. We'll try the landings next
    time. Boom and boom".


    I watched a replay on youtube. I thought they said it was supposed to
    return to earth somewhere north of Hawaii. Apparently they pushed the self-destruct button so where it was when that happened is maybe
    anyone's guess... until they start finding pieces.
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  • From bfh@21:1/5 to George.Anthony on Sun Nov 19 20:43:41 2023
    George.Anthony wrote:
    On 11/19/2023 1:06 PM, bfh wrote:
    Frank Howell wrote:
    "The second flight test of a fully integrated Starship is set to
    launch Saturday, November 18. A twenty-minute launch window opens
    at 7:00 a.m. CT."

    Will all the engines stay lit?  Will the stages separate and the
    Starship reach escape velocity?

    It mostly worked - the Starship made it into space and past FL (I
    think) and then it said, "OK, that's it for today. We'll try the
    landings next time. Boom and boom".


    I watched a replay on youtube. I thought they said it was supposed to
    return to earth somewhere north of Hawaii.

    That's my understanding, too - to go suborbital and land tail first in
    the ocean.

    Apparently they pushed the
    self-destruct button so where it was when that happened is maybe
    anyone's guess... until they start finding pieces.

    I think they lost telemetry, but I don't know if humans pushed the
    button, or if the computer did. In any event, they got the Starship
    into space. Also AFAIK, this was the first attempt at hot staging
    (separation) instead of pneumatic separation of the two stages.

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    bill
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