150 Meter Starhopper Flight Test [video]

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Post by netinstructions » Tue, Aug 27, 2019, 10:13 PM UTC

150 Meter Starhopper Flight Test [video]
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Re: 150 Meter Starhopper Flight Test [video]

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Post by FrojoS » Tue, Aug 27, 2019, 10:28 PM UTC

Worked perfectly (well almost)!

https://i.imgur.com/scVWycD.png https://i.imgur.com/dZo8wcx.png

Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYb3bfA6_sQ

Re: 150 Meter Starhopper Flight Test [video]

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Post by chrisjc » Tue, Aug 27, 2019, 10:36 PM UTC

FrojoS wrote: post #2

Worked perfectly (well almost)! https://i.imgur.com/scVWycD.png https://i.imgur.com/dZo8wcx.png Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYb3bfA6_sQ

Almost? Are you referring to some projectile seen flying away from landing spot? Anyone have idea what it was? It looked like some kind of pressurized tank.

Re: 150 Meter Starhopper Flight Test [video]

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Post by FrojoS » Tue, Aug 27, 2019, 10:55 PM UTC

chrisjc wrote: post #3

FrojoS wrote: post #2

Worked perfectly (well almost)! https://i.imgur.com/scVWycD.png https://i.imgur.com/dZo8wcx.png Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYb3bfA6_sQ

Almost? Are you referring to some projectile seen flying away from landing spot? Anyone have idea what it was? It looked like some kind of pressurized tank.

Yes. Was visible in Tim Dodd's stream. Some people speculate it was part of the landing cladding.

Re: 150 Meter Starhopper Flight Test [video]

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Post by dwaltrip » Tue, Aug 27, 2019, 11:07 PM UTC

This was super epic to watch. It's really cool to see the development process. The raptor has been called the most advanced engine in the world, and this 150 meter hop seems like a really nice milestone. 60 second burn, successful lift-off, and landing as well!

Re: 150 Meter Starhopper Flight Test [video]

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Post by grecy » Wed, Aug 28, 2019, 1:36 AM UTC

dwaltrip wrote: post #5

This was super epic to watch. It's really cool to see the development process. The raptor has been called the most advanced engine in the world, and this 150 meter hop seems like a really nice milestone. 60 second burn, successful lift-off, and landing as well!

Just 12 months ago the head of France's space program said that the BFR and Raptor Engine were science fiction.

It's amazing that even experts in the field can't predict with any kind of accuracy what SpaceX can and will achieve.