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Starship SN5 just completed full duration static fire. 150m hop soon.
2020-07-30
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Posted by:3dc

#5  Saturn 5 is BIG.
Posted by: Skidmark   2020-07-30 19:11  

#4  Width is 9 meters. It's designed to scale up to 20 meters.
Posted by: 3dc   2020-07-30 17:54  

#3  Under the big blue crane in this video you can see the start of the construction of the vertical assembly building for the StarShip-Heavy.

Posted by: 3dc   2020-07-30 17:49  

#2  Wow, didn't realize it is so large until getting to Saturn 5.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2020-07-30 17:35  

#1  

StarShip - Moon
StarShip - Freight, passenger or fuel
Saturn 5
SLS
Falcon 9

This test was 1/2 the second stage. It starts with the color change on both starships shown and the second stage goes to the top. So this test didn't include cargo or top of the second stage. The big block on top of this rocket is a mass simulator for the rest of the 2nd stage. It is 2 large coils of stainless steel in a box. SN8 will be the full sized test model of the second stage. It is not clear if it will have the fins and it will be made of a different stainless alloy. That alloy is Stainless 304 and is not the final alloy. SN7 was a test tank. SN-6 is a duplicate of SN5 just tested and if SN5 passes all the rest of the tests intended for it SN6 will become an unused paperweight. SN-8 will have more engines but not the vacuum engines yet... so it may have a 4 or 5 engines.
They are building the vertical assembly building for the first stage "Starship Heavy". Don't expect to see the first stage tested until after the building to build it in is completed.

SN = Serial #


Posted by: 3dc   2020-07-30 17:23  

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