it's the first set of enginesit matches the picture Tory Bruno posted in July when flight engine 1 was fully assembledThe fact that alot of people are holding 1 finger makes me think this was taken to commemorate the first engine being completedprobably on the same day considering the position of mundane objects haven't changed.
Sentinel-2 satellite imagery shows evidence of a @blueorigin BE-4 engine test fire in the past week.
Probably. @blueorigin has made BE4 engine testing pretty routine. Hot firings every week…
Are they testing your engines
Yes
The Tory comments are a bit vague and cryptic as usual, but still interesting. Bruno uses a plural here "hot firings every week", so if there's been a least two engine firings each week, then why aren't more firing indications showing up on the Sentinel-2 images? Or are we only seeing what Harry has time to go through?The "yes" he gives to the second question begs the question; does he mean test firing qual engines or did another flight set get delivered?
The "yes" he gives to the second question begs the question; does he mean test firing qual engines or did another flight set get delivered?
These would be flight 2 engines?
No. This was a half scale demo
Tory, i think that you confused this question about the second pair of the BE-4 with LOFTID.
Quote from: Starshipdown on 12/02/2022 09:40 amThe Tory comments are a bit vague and cryptic as usual, but still interesting. Bruno uses a plural here "hot firings every week", so if there's been a least two engine firings each week, then why aren't more firing indications showing up on the Sentinel-2 images? Or are we only seeing what Harry has time to go through?The "yes" he gives to the second question begs the question; does he mean test firing qual engines or did another flight set get delivered?The satellite passes over every few days. So, you can only tell if something may have happened after several day intervals. Plus not every image is usable so you might be waiting more than 1 interval per image
Quote from: Purona on 12/02/2022 10:04 amQuote from: Starshipdown on 12/02/2022 09:40 amThe Tory comments are a bit vague and cryptic as usual, but still interesting. Bruno uses a plural here "hot firings every week", so if there's been a least two engine firings each week, then why aren't more firing indications showing up on the Sentinel-2 images? Or are we only seeing what Harry has time to go through?The "yes" he gives to the second question begs the question; does he mean test firing qual engines or did another flight set get delivered?The satellite passes over every few days. So, you can only tell if something may have happened after several day intervals. Plus not every image is usable so you might be waiting more than 1 interval per imageIf the limiter in obtaining images is cutouts of Sentinel satellite coverage over a given area, then perhaps seeking images from other satellites, such as Worldview, RapidEye, or Landsat, etc. which could have coverage when Sentinel does not might be in order.
The Tory comments are a bit vague and cryptic as usual, but still interesting. Bruno uses a plural here "hot firings every week",
Quote from: Starshipdown on 12/02/2022 09:40 amThe Tory comments are a bit vague and cryptic as usual, but still interesting. Bruno uses a plural here "hot firings every week",No, a single firing a week would be legitimately described as "hot firings every week"
What's up with all the pedantry?If the comment was describing a period of weeks, firing at only one per week, over that period of time any mention of firing cadence would indeed be proper to describe firings- as over that period of weeks there will be multiple firings.
Quote from: jimvela on 12/05/2022 07:15 pmWhat's up with all the pedantry?If the comment was describing a period of weeks, firing at only one per week, over that period of time any mention of firing cadence would indeed be proper to describe firings- as over that period of weeks there will be multiple firings.But that is why I believe that looking to see what is true matters. Either to get Tory Bruno to tell us, show us more videos, and or to see if increased satellite imagery can give us the data we need to pin this down.
