Friday, August 18, 2023

Starship Update: Booster 9 Has Received New Hardware for Super Heavy's Next Flight...

Inside the High Bay at Starbase, Texas, the vented interstage is about to be mated to Starship Super Heavy's Booster 9 vehicle.
SpaceX

Earlier today, SpaceX shared these online photos of the vented interstage that was recently connected to Booster 9 at Starbase in Texas.

This special interstage will allow Starship Super Heavy to conduct a "hot-staging" during flight...which allows Starship 25 (on the next Starship Flight Test) and future vehicles to fire their six Raptor 2 engines immediately after separation from their first-stage boosters.

SpaceX is apparently aiming for August 31 as the earliest launch date to attempt another flight of Super Heavy, but this obviously depends on how fast the Federal Aviation Administration responds to the Starship Mishap Report (pertaining to the April 20 test) that SpaceX submitted to the agency a few days ago.

Stay tuned!

Inside the High Bay at Starbase, Texas, the vented interstage is mated to Starship Super Heavy's Booster 9 vehicle.
SpaceX

Posted by Richard Par at 10:51 PM
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