In the tenth test all the objectives set by the engineers for the rocket of over 122 meters were achieved, the largest and most powerful ever made by Spacex
The tenth test of Starshipthe rocket of Spacex designed to reduce the costs of space missions, set up a constellation of Starlink and provide support for future missions on Luna and Mars. For the first time since the beginning of the program, all the objectives set by the team of engineers at the head of the project have been achieved. The maxi-save from more than 122 meters Height, the largest ever made, is in fact taken off by Starbase, in Texas, at 1: 30 (Italian time). Rocket Super Heavyas scheduled, has detached himself and is eased in the Gulf of Mexico seven minutes after taking off. The Starship ship then continued its suborbital flight and, twenty minutes from the start, has Eight satellites released tests replicating the new generation Starlink. An hour from take -off it is then the Raptor engine is rekindledthe key process for the recovery of the spacecraft, and thus began the sickness procedures, which took place as scheduled in the Indian Ocean, north of Australia.
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Starship compose are two fundamental components, the Super Heavy rocket and the Starship spacecraft. The first is the “booster”, a first stage rocket used in the early stages of take -off, that is, when the maximum driving force is needed. High 71 metersis moved by 33 Raptor engines powered by methane and liquid oxygen, and was designed to be totally reusable, reducing the costs of use. Starship is instead the main capsule, capable of transporting materials and in the future also people, for a maximum useful flow rate of 250 tons. Tall 52 meters And with a 1,500 tons of fuel tank, it was designed to set up a new Starlink constellation, as well as reach the Moon and even Marslanding vertically. But Spacex says it would also be usable as means of intra-terrestrial transportusing about an hour to connect any of two points on the planet.