Max Q: Spaceship. It's the title.
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Spatialship Goodbye Terran 1 Three brothers want to harvest moon water as propellant Stoke Space news and moreI'm writing this on Friday, so by the time you read this on Monday, Starship may have already taken flight. Or exploded! Who knows ! ?
In any case, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration issued SpaceX the launch license for the Starship orbital flight test at the close of business on Friday, giving everyone a LOT to look forward to this weekend -end.
Reminder: Starship is the most powerful rocket ever built. Once operational, it will be capable of carrying 100 to 150 tonnes (100,000 to 150,000 kg) into orbit. For reference, SpaceX's workhorse rocket Falcon 9 has a payload capacity of 22,800 kg. To put that much mass into orbit, Starship's 33 Raptor engines will generate more than 16.5 million pounds of liftoff thrust.
So far, it looks like the company is still aiming for Monday, but that could change depending on technical readiness, weather, and other variables.
Image credits: SpaceX (opens in a new window)
Relativity Space is retiring Terran 1 after a single test flight to double development on its next-generation Terran R rocket, which is now configured to be even larger than previously announced.< / p>
The six-year-old company is making other significant changes to Terran R: the rocket will no longer be fully reusable, but fitted with a non-reusable second stage. Additionally, its design will rely less on additive manufacturing, the technology Relativity is best known for advancing and has touted in each of its capital raises. These changes mean that the 83-meter-tall Terran R will now have a payload capacity of 23.5 metric tons in low Earth orbit and 33.5 metric tons when launched as a fully expendable vehicle. /p>
Although Relativity has been candid that Terran 1 functions primarily as a development platform to pave the way for Terran R technologically, it has been speculated that the company will pilot Terran 1 at least a few more times before to remove it.
Relativity Space Terran R. Image credits: Relativity Space
A new startup founded by a trio of SpaceX veterans — who...
Hello and welcome to Max Q!
In this issue:
Spatialship Goodbye Terran 1 Three brothers want to harvest moon water as propellant Stoke Space news and moreI'm writing this on Friday, so by the time you read this on Monday, Starship may have already taken flight. Or exploded! Who knows ! ?
In any case, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration issued SpaceX the launch license for the Starship orbital flight test at the close of business on Friday, giving everyone a LOT to look forward to this weekend -end.
Reminder: Starship is the most powerful rocket ever built. Once operational, it will be capable of carrying 100 to 150 tonnes (100,000 to 150,000 kg) into orbit. For reference, SpaceX's workhorse rocket Falcon 9 has a payload capacity of 22,800 kg. To put that much mass into orbit, Starship's 33 Raptor engines will generate more than 16.5 million pounds of liftoff thrust.
So far, it looks like the company is still aiming for Monday, but that could change depending on technical readiness, weather, and other variables.
Image credits: SpaceX (opens in a new window)
Relativity Space is retiring Terran 1 after a single test flight to double development on its next-generation Terran R rocket, which is now configured to be even larger than previously announced.< / p>
The six-year-old company is making other significant changes to Terran R: the rocket will no longer be fully reusable, but fitted with a non-reusable second stage. Additionally, its design will rely less on additive manufacturing, the technology Relativity is best known for advancing and has touted in each of its capital raises. These changes mean that the 83-meter-tall Terran R will now have a payload capacity of 23.5 metric tons in low Earth orbit and 33.5 metric tons when launched as a fully expendable vehicle. /p>
Although Relativity has been candid that Terran 1 functions primarily as a development platform to pave the way for Terran R technologically, it has been speculated that the company will pilot Terran 1 at least a few more times before to remove it.
Relativity Space Terran R. Image credits: Relativity Space
A new startup founded by a trio of SpaceX veterans — who...
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