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Nose cone moved to StarShip SN8 to ready for 15km test flight
First working test version of the 2nd stage known as StarShip - The first stage is still under initial test conditions and not enough raptor engines have been made yet to have it be more than a test first stage. It is called StarShip Heavy This StarShip has 3 air raptor motors but not any vacuum ones yet. So for in the atmosphere this StarShip has configured engines but not for outside an atmosphere and it has no re-entry tiles yet (other then test patches of tiles). Internal space of this Nose Cone is: 1,100 m3 (39,000 cu ft).
If SN8 (serial number 8) fails SN9 is right behind it in the build queue and is almost ready to fly. Actually work has actually reached SN-10 through SN-14 and SH-1 has been started.


Posted by: 3dc 2020-10-22
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