Does this one have a flame deflector?
Starship Integrated Flight Test 2 at 7 Am Central Time
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Re: Starship Integrated Flight Test 2 at 7 Am Central Time
#821st stage turned around then exploded. Second stage is doing well so far. Edit had the second sentence wrong
Super Heavy/1st stage exploded after separation and turn. The important part, Starship/2nd stage, was doing fine but appears to have been eaten by the Space Ghoul around T+10 min.
2nd stage was terminated by the automated flight termination system right before the coast phase. Saw some interesting flaring/clouds coming from second stage engines a bit before the final big cloud.
Re: Starship Integrated Flight Test 2 at 7 Am Central Time
#83Can't wait to see if the pad survived!
If it did, they might make another attempt sooner than expected.
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#84I blinked and the first stage disappeared.
Why did you do it
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#85Second stage lost, looks like the flight termination system did its job. Unknown as to why yet. Going to be very very interesting to see the data that's released from this as well as all the higher quality video/stills that surface.
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The point of testing is to learn things and they got further than last time, so it's a success. You should try playing KSP.
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#87Sounds like they lost both stages but it was glorious. Still progress. This will add another 6 months to a year before another try...
Why so long? Will they need to go through another round of FAA approval? Or?
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#88Re: Starship Integrated Flight Test 2 at 7 Am Central Time
#89- Starship got just below orbit
- Booster destroyed during hot staging
- SpaceX reporting that destruct system fired on upper stage towards end of burn
all in all a pretty good result: clean launch and separation, good performance on the booster during ascent (no engine mishaps this time)
Re: Starship Integrated Flight Test 2 at 7 Am Central Time
#90What is the benfit of hot staging?