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Re: Starship SN10 Test Launch Campaign - UPDATES
« Reply #381 on: 03/08/2021 12:58 am »
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Here's all 3 raptors from #SN10  50, greenie and one I'm not sure it's #
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Re: Starship SN10 Test Launch Campaign - UPDATES
« Reply #382 on: 03/08/2021 01:45 am »

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Re: Starship SN10 Test Launch Campaign - UPDATES
« Reply #383 on: 03/08/2021 06:54 am »
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Starships - three unique side-by-side cool clips from Mary, syncing the moment of Raptors' ignition prior to landing. @NASASpaceflight @SpaceX @BocaChicaGal  youtube.com/watch?v=sDTZa-…

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Re: Starship SN10 Test Launch Campaign - UPDATES
« Reply #384 on: 03/08/2021 12:52 pm »
Montage of four photos by @BottinPhilip from twitter.com/BottinPhilip/status/1368338151585030146
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Re: Starship SN10 Test Launch Campaign - UPDATES
« Reply #385 on: 03/09/2021 07:11 pm »
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1369379914139451406

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SN10 engine was low on thrust due (probably) to partial helium ingestion from fuel header tank. Impact of 10m/s crushed legs & part of skirt. Multiple fixes in work for SN11.

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twitter.com/nasaspaceflight/status/1369380834772475906

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This is a tricky one given that I believe said helium pressurization was added to the CH4 header tank to mitigate what happened with SN8.

That's why it's a test program, of course.

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1369382210894237705

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Fair point. If autogenous pressurization had been used, CH4 bubbles would most likely have reverted to liquid.

Helium in header was used to prevent ullage collapse from slosh, which happened in prior flight. My fault for approving. Sounded good at the time.
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Re: Starship SN10 Test Launch Campaign - UPDATES
« Reply #386 on: 03/09/2021 11:07 pm »
twitter.com/erdayastronaut/status/1369383194248814607

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Are there baffles in future designs to prevent slosh?

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1369438991943151620

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There were baffles, but one may have acted like a straw to suck bubbles in from above liquid/gas level.

Something similar happened on an early Falcon 1 flight, resulting in unexpectedly high liquid oxygen residuals at main engine cutoff.

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Re: Starship SN10 Test Launch Campaign - UPDATES
« Reply #387 on: 03/10/2021 04:58 pm »


LabPadre has added a short super slo mo of the SN10 explosion.
The COPVs trajectories can be seen quite well. It's just over 2 minutes.

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Re: Starship SN10 Test Launch Campaign - UPDATES
« Reply #388 on: 03/12/2021 08:02 am »
twitter.com/thejackbeyer/status/1370222228701392896

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I'm curious what this green flash is, if it were Falcon 9 the no brainer answer would be TEA-TEB - but Raptor just uses spark ignitors. It was visible during engine ignition for SN10's flip maneuver, specifically when the third and final engine lit. @elonmusk @NASASpaceflight

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1370224669261971456

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Green flame in this context means engine is burning internal components made of copper. This is usually followed by a RUD (Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly).
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Re: Starship SN10 Test Launch Campaign - UPDATES
« Reply #389 on: 03/14/2021 08:07 pm »
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In this image you can see the imprints left by Starship SN10 landing legs before RUD.

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Re: Starship SN10 Test Launch Campaign - UPDATES
« Reply #390 on: 03/16/2021 11:06 am »
Anyone good at lip-reading?  ;)


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Re: Starship SN10 Test Launch Campaign - UPDATES
« Reply #391 on: 03/16/2021 11:44 pm »

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Re: Starship SN10 Test Launch Campaign - UPDATES
« Reply #393 on: 03/03/2024 10:18 pm »
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Happy 3rd anniversary to SN10, the first ship to land hardly...or hardly land? Two days later, we took this photo of its remains:
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