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Starship | SN8 | High-Altitude Flight Test

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    George K
    wrote on 9 Dec 2020, 13:02 last edited by
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    "Due to a Raptor engine auto-abort at T-1 second, the SpaceX team is standing down from Tuesday's attempt of a high-altitude suborbital flight test of Starship serial number 8 (SN8) from our site in Cameron County, Texas. We have additional test opportunities available on Wednesday, December 9 and Thursday, December 10. The schedule is dynamic and likely to change, as is the case with all development testing. Stay tuned for more information on the next target test date and time."

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      George K
      wrote on 9 Dec 2020, 14:07 last edited by
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        George K
        wrote on 9 Dec 2020, 21:58 last edited by
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        Gonna try again in about 45 minutes:

        Link to video

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          George K
          wrote on 9 Dec 2020, 22:17 last edited by
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          Cool pic....

          Screen Shot 2020-12-09 at 4.16.38 PM.png

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            George K
            wrote on 9 Dec 2020, 22:18 last edited by
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            BTW, I think the plan is for it to go up to 12.5 kilometers, and then rotate into a horizontal position. Then, re-rotate to a vertical attitude and touch down.

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              George K
              wrote on 9 Dec 2020, 22:54 last edited by
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              Everything went PERFECT, until it tried to land...

              Oopsie...

              Screen Shot 2020-12-09 at 4.53.46 PM.png

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                George K
                wrote on 9 Dec 2020, 22:58 last edited by
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                The "landing" site...

                Screen Shot 2020-12-09 at 4.57.22 PM.png

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                  kluurs
                  wrote on 9 Dec 2020, 23:00 last edited by
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                  Maybe next time, Bullwinkle

                  4a49a236-c6a6-47df-9653-c305440364bb-image.png !

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                    George K
                    wrote on 9 Dec 2020, 23:23 last edited by
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                    It almost looked like the rocket didn't have enough thrust to allow a soft touch-down. Perhaps the descent was too quick.

                    But, on the positive side, they were able to rotate the craft, and get it aligned with the landing location.

                    As you said, "Next time!"

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                      George K
                      wrote on 9 Dec 2020, 23:41 last edited by
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                      Elon: "Fuel header tank pressure was low during landing burn, causing touchdown velocity to be high & RUD, but we got all the data we needed! Congrats SpaceX team hell yeah!!"

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                        89th
                        wrote on 10 Dec 2020, 03:40 last edited by
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                        Fun video to watch!

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                          Copper
                          wrote on 10 Dec 2020, 14:38 last edited by
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                          Nice video

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                            George K
                            wrote on 10 Dec 2020, 15:05 last edited by
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                            Someone commented that SpaceX is making such progress because they're not afraid to fail in their tests. They know exactly what went wrong with the landing, and they'll fix it next time. I have to agree that more than 90% of the mission was a success.

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                              9 Dec 2020, 23:41

                              Elon: "Fuel header tank pressure was low during landing burn, causing touchdown velocity to be high & RUD, but we got all the data we needed! Congrats SpaceX team hell yeah!!"

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                              kluurs
                              wrote on 10 Dec 2020, 18:28 last edited by
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                              @George-K said in Starship | SN8 | High-Altitude Flight Test:

                              Elon: "Fuel header tank pressure was low during landing burn, causing touchdown velocity to be high & RUD, but we got all the data we needed! Congrats SpaceX team hell yeah!!"

                              Yeah, I've had a few of those kind of successes. I just didn't share any of them with a worldwide audience.

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                                Copper
                                wrote on 10 Dec 2020, 22:04 last edited by
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                                NASA was famous for blowing up rockets for a long time before they stopped (or at least slowed down) blowing up rockets.

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