spacex - What is the advantage of catching a rocket booster with a ...
Oct 17, 2024 · 6 SpaceX's goal is to make the super heavy completely reusable, without any heavy maintenance between flights. The booster is designed to fly back to the pad where it will …
spacex super heavy - Could Superheavy land downrange and …
Jan 27, 2024 · While answering a question about Starship versus skyhooks, I discovered that there is a big difference in payload between a Falcon 9 launch where the booster lands …
spacex super heavy - Why is Elon Musk building the Starship first ...
Aug 1, 2020 · That's the system SpaceX has declared they're working on (including passenger, cargo, and tanker variants proposed). The Starship is the thing they want to fly; Super Heavy …
What are these composite overwrapped pressure vessels on Super …
May 6, 2023 · https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceX_Super_Heavy The oxygen tank has four chines attached. These protect the various COPVs on board, as well as providing lift during flight.
How precise does Super Heavy's tower landing have to be?
Jun 12, 2024 · The post you used your picture from is wrong. SpaceX does not plan to use the cape Canaveral launch tower at LC-39A as the arms are too short to even reach out to the …
spacex super heavy - Space Exploration Stack Exchange
Oct 15, 2024 · As SpaceX transforms the little dirt field where they used to build vehicles in the open on the side of the road into a "proper" mass-production rocket factory, it becomes harder …
spacex starship - On April 20 2023, how did Super Heavy burn for …
Apr 20, 2023 · The launch profile as planned had the booster shutting down at 169 seconds. In the event, it burned for 239s, or more than 40% longer. We know that the booster lost 5-7 …
Could SpaceX ever make a Heavy version of Starship Super Heavy
Apr 17, 2024 · As of now, SpaceX is preparing for Starship Flight 4, and once starship is mature enough and achieves Elon Musk's goal, will they make a Heavy version like with Falcon. Even …
spacex super heavy - What amount of unburned methane was …
May 24, 2023 · Judging from the SpaceX stream overlay (around 49:00 on youtube) the Superheavy booster had about 14% left in the tank before the abort. How much of the …
Does SpaceX plan to reuse Booster 12? - Space Exploration Stack …
Today (10/13/24), SpaceX launched Starship for the fifth time and, for the first time, successively landed/caught a Super Heavy booster, Booster 12. I know that the first Falcon 9 Booster …