Plan for StarShip's first orbital flight.
5 detailed pages at forum. | [NasaSpaceFlight] NET July 2021 using Starship SN20 and Superheavy BN3 from OLP at Starbase, TX.
Starship Orbital Launch Attempt details per FCC exhibit:
- Staging 170 seconds into flight
- Booster will splashdown in the Gulf 20 miles downrange
- Starship will perform a soft landing 62 miles northwest of Kauai
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— Michael Baylor (@nextspaceflight) May 13, 2021
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Finally we know something!!!
Why they aren't going to attempt a landing on the pad?
Expecially for the raptors.
Is possible that some agency denied a ground landing attempt for SH? IMO it is possible, because the flight profile will prove a complete RTLS?
Could, if they splash down softly, the SH and the SS be recovered and inspected? (obviusly salt water will prevent any reuse).
Posted by: 3dc 2021-05-14 |