Share SpaceX on social media a A collection of impressive images, recorded during a recent static test shooting on the Super HeavyIt is considered the most powerful missile ever built.
Tanks were filled with fuel and experienced the maneuvers and procedures that usually precede an orbital launch, without ever lifting the rocket off the groundfrom Starbase, Elon Musk’s corporate headquarters into space in Boca Chica, in the US state of Texas.
You 33 engines The Raptor fired up briefly during training. Recorded images give an idea of a file The power of the system that will one day “propel” the spacecraft to Mars And who knows, other worlds.
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The static test follows a A failed attempt to reach orbit last April. the person who will be The Starship system’s first flight ended minutes after launchwhen an anomaly causes the missile and the ship to explode in the air.
The system was able to bootdespite the little bump that delayed the countdown by a few seconds. However, not everything went as expected.: the spacecraft ended up “separating” unexpectedly, Explode before the stages separate.
Last static test served to Experiment with not only rocket engines but also the design of the new launch padwhich appears to be comfortably resisting the launch of 33 Raptors, as shown in the video shared by SpaceX.
Remember that andIn April, the platform was destroyed by an explosionas well as the spacecraft model.
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