The real reason why SpaceX Starship explosion!
The real reason why the SpaceX explosion!
1) SOURCES OF THUMBNAIL
ErcX: https://twitter.com/ErcXspace
ErcX Space https://www.youtube.com/c/ErcXSpace/
John Cargile: https://twitter.com/GroundTruthPics
WAI: https://www.youtube.com/@Whataboutit
https://twitter.com/FelixSchlang
2) SOURCES OF IMAGES AND VIDEOS
LabPadre Space: https://twitter.com/LabPadre
https://www.youtube.com/c/LabPadre
StarshipGazer: https://twitter.com/StarshipGazer
https://www.youtube.com/c/StarshipGazer
iamVisual
https://twitter.com/visual_iam
https://www.youtube.com/@iamVisualVFX/videos
Randolph Visuals: https://twitter.com/CosmicalChief
C-bass Productions : https://www.youtube.com/c/CbassProductions
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It has been one day since the historical flight of Ship 25 and Booster 9 lifted off from the Boca Chica, Texas, test site, my heart seems to still be beating erratically.
That moment will forever be ingrained in my mind. Seeing your spacecraft spread its wings for the first time is hard to put into words. When Starship separated and began flying on its own, I knew SpaceX had changed the course of history.
However, besides the successes achieved, we can't deny that SpaceX's giant Starship has met another explosive end.
So why exactly did this happen?
Let's expose everything about this in today's episode of Alpha Tech:
The second Starship flight was quite refined when compared to the April test. Back then, three Super Heavy Raptor 2 engines shut down as soon as the rocket lifted, although perhaps not due to any fault of their own. A big reason behind the failed stage separation for the April test was that blast damage to the launch pad ejected chunks of concrete that damaged several of the Super Heavy's systems.
This time, the upgraded launch pad appeared to work as intended, with the booster not spewing as much dust and debris as was seen during the inaugural launch on April 20.
This time around, not a single Raptor engine shut down before the stage separation that took place a little under three minutes. The stage separation was as smooth as possible, with the first and second stages cleanly separating as planned. However, stage separation was the end of the journey for the Super Heavy.
After the Starship's first and second stage separation, 12 out of the 13 center core engines on the Super Heavy successfully re-ignited. However, this was short-lived as they started to shut down once again, and at the time of the explosion, all of them had shut down. The unsuccessful center core engine re-ignition could have contributed to the Super Heavy's early demise as it disoriented the rocket.
The real reason why SpaceX Starship explosion!
The real reason why the SpaceX explosion!
1) SOURCES OF THUMBNAIL
ErcX: https://twitter.com/ErcXspace
ErcX Space https://www.youtube.com/c/ErcXSpace/
John Cargile: https://twitter.com/GroundTruthPics
WAI: https://www.youtube.com/@Whataboutit
https://twitter.com/FelixSchlang
2) SOURCES OF IMAGES AND VIDEOS
LabPadre Space: https://twitter.com/LabPadre
https://www.youtube.com/c/LabPadre
StarshipGazer: https://twitter.com/StarshipGazer
https://www.youtube.com/c/StarshipGazer
iamVisual
https://twitter.com/visual_iam
https://www.youtube.com/@iamVisualVFX/videos
Randolph Visuals: https://twitter.com/CosmicalChief
C-bass Productions : https://www.youtube.com/c/CbassProductions
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It has been one day since the historical flight of Ship 25 and Booster 9 lifted off from the Boca Chica, Texas, test site, my heart seems to still be beating erratically.
That moment will forever be ingrained in my mind. Seeing your spacecraft spread its wings for the first time is hard to put into words. When Starship separated and began flying on its own, I knew SpaceX had changed the course of history.
However, besides the successes achieved, we can't deny that SpaceX's giant Starship has met another explosive end.
So why exactly did this happen?
Let's expose everything about this in today's episode of Alpha Tech:
The second Starship flight was quite refined when compared to the April test. Back then, three Super Heavy Raptor 2 engines shut down as soon as the rocket lifted, although perhaps not due to any fault of their own. A big reason behind the failed stage separation for the April test was that blast damage to the launch pad ejected chunks of concrete that damaged several of the Super Heavy's systems.
This time, the upgraded launch pad appeared to work as intended, with the booster not spewing as much dust and debris as was seen during the inaugural launch on April 20.
This time around, not a single Raptor engine shut down before the stage separation that took place a little under three minutes. The stage separation was as smooth as possible, with the first and second stages cleanly separating as planned. However, stage separation was the end of the journey for the Super Heavy.
After the Starship's first and second stage separation, 12 out of the 13 center core engines on the Super Heavy successfully re-ignited. However, this was short-lived as they started to shut down once again, and at the time of the explosion, all of them had shut down. The unsuccessful center core engine re-ignition could have contributed to the Super Heavy's early demise as it disoriented the rocket.
The real reason why SpaceX Starship explosion!
