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SpaceX Starship - Integrated Flight Test #2 - Starbase TX - Including Post Launch Dissection
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A notice has been noticed.
November 6th (also Nov 1st onward)
November 6th (also Nov 1st onward)
Yeah, odd wording on the notice. Does this mean that they want to launch November 6, but they'll keep an eye on the weather starting on the 1st, and if the 4th is clear, but the 6th is expected to be terrible, they'll launch on the 4th?
That would make sense. I agree, strange to have backup days before the primary day.
I wonder if it could be that they're playing head games with the government guys. Imagine that FAA tells SpaceX that they'll have the launch license for the 1st. SpaceX goes off and announces that they'll launch on the 6th - but earlier if conditions allow. That would be a way for SpaceX to say "We think you'll be late; prove us wrong."
It's fun to theorize on zero information
FWS is checking on deluge, doesn't expect to need all the allowable time.
Maybe the deluge system test yesterday was for the benefit of the FWS. Note that yesterday that deluge test did not occur where it normally would have in a full WDR, which would be a few seconds before engine ignition, right? The deluge test yesterday was before tanking, if I recall correctly.
EDIT: correction, after reviewing some of the posts on Tuesday in the Starship Dev thread it appears that the deluge test was about 2 hours after de-tanking started, so after the WDR.
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Yah, it might have been representative of the amount of liquid water that escapes the plate.
S25 has been de-stacked again. The hotstaging ring was removed from B9 and then reinstalled. S26 was taken off the suborbital test stand and moved back to the production site.
My guess is the destacking was to do some minor task since the hot staging ring was quickly reinstalled.
Moving S26 away from the launch site could be part of final launch preparations; clear the area of everything that can be moved that is not needed for the launch.
Moving S26 away from the launch site could be part of final launch preparations; clear the area of everything that can be moved that is not needed for the launch.
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TunaBug
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Why does arming the FTS require destacking? I get that it shouldn't be something so trivial that you can arm it by accident, but destacking seems excessive.
It's my understanding that the FTS box is just so high up while stacked that they physically can't reach it.
I think that is correct but then one wonders why the launch tower doesn’t have a special extendable arm just for FTS arming. Seems like a relatively simple thing to build. And would it have to be an arm that can safely support a human? Why not a remote controlled arm?
De-stacking and re-stacking just to arm the FTS seems…excessive.
I expect that when Starships are launching weekly the FTS arming process is going to be very different from what we see right now.
Normally, one would arm before stacking and stack close to flight. SpaceX only has so many stands for Starship, so they are storing it on the booster.
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