SpaceX Performs Second Wet Dress Rehearsal of Fourth Starship Flight Stack

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SpaceX is performing a Wet Dress Rehearsal of the Fourth Starship Flight Stack. The stack already performed a WDR attempt, which seemingly did not go all the way to T-0. The road is closed from 5 a.m. to 5 p.m..
Before this, the stack has performed joint tanking tests, and one WDR attempt.
Booster 11:
The Booster already features 33 Raptors. Booster 11 is the first stage for the fourth flight of Starship. The Booster previously was static fired once and performed two cryogenic pressure tests.
Learn More: nextspaceflight.com/starship/...
Ship 29:
Ship 29 is a Starship upper-stage prototype planned to launch on the fourth Starship flight test. It features three sea-level, and three vacuum raptor engines. It has performed two cryogenic proof tests, a spin prime test, and two static fire tests, of which one was with one and one with six raptor engines.
Learn More: nextspaceflight.com/starship/...
Starlink 6-60 Info
Window Opens: May 28th at 7:30AM EDT (11:30 UTC)
Window Closes: May 28th at 12:01PM EDT (16:01 UTC)
First T0: May 28th at 7:30AM EDT (11:30 UTC)
Last T0: May 28th at 11:28AM EDT (15:28 UTC)
Mission: F9 launch of 23 Starlink v2 Mini satellites
Launch location: Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Earth.
Target orbit: Low Earth Orbit, 276-by-285km 43º orbit
Booster: B1078-10; 34d 13h 13min turnaround
Booster history: Crew-6, O3b mPOWER 2, SL 6-4, SL 6-8, SL 6-16, SL 6-31, USSF-124, SL 6-46, SL 6-53.
Booster recovery: A Shortfall Of Gravitas (ASOG) ; 599km downrange
Fairing recovery: Doug
Rocket trajectory: Southeast from the Cape passing northeast of Bahamas
Payload mass: About 16.8 tonnes
Stubby nozzle: NO (thankfully)
Stats:
· SpaceX's 56th launch of the year and the 12th launch of the month.
· 320th Falcon orbital launch since Amos 6, F9's 339th orbital flight.
· SpaceX's 188th launch from SLC-40.
· 72nd landing on ASOG out of 72 attempts.
· 239th successful landing since the last failed one.
· 95th launch dedicated to Starlink Gen 2 and 169th launch dedicated to Starlink overall.
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@mjomalleyfl Ай бұрын

Wow, a five hour stream. Great team! Lots of technical data. NSF, thank you for the coverage.

@deanoz9307 Ай бұрын

Best show you guys have done! Nice work!

@young_quad_vet Ай бұрын

Great coverage guys!

@fredpryde8555 Ай бұрын

i love watching this happen it is incredible

@pjperth249 Ай бұрын

Stunning images, well done team

@iandennis1 Ай бұрын

Thanks for the excellent coverage!

@Al8101 Ай бұрын

Great job on the split screen! Looking forward to more of those in the future!

@ddubzz_ Ай бұрын

This flight has come round so quick , can’t wait til its every few weeks !

@cina9218 Ай бұрын

Wonder if the long hold was to see if frost forms on the filters

@daveschneider4723 Ай бұрын

Can we estimate the percent of propellant recovered after a WDR by comparing the number of trucks needed to replenish, versus the number needed after a launch?

@zapfanzapfan Ай бұрын

Nice to see big frosty! Why am I in the mood for ice cream? 🙂 🍦

@BrianBull Ай бұрын

what kind

@wendyhood1006 Ай бұрын

@@BrianBullHokey pokey 😊

@BrianBull Ай бұрын

Great stream guys!!!!

@Phaedruses Ай бұрын

3 minutes from end of stream to water deluge, heck of a job SpaceX

@holographicman Ай бұрын

So it's not on the stream? Missed the live version

@cn8299 Ай бұрын

There's no way Boca won't become an operational launch site in the mid-far off future. If they want to launch "hundreds of Starships per year" and have point to point launches, Boca is definitely going to become an operational site I'd say sometime in the mid or late 2030s. It's just odd to me that SpaceX wants Starship to become the "airliner of rockets" but they seemingly have no other plans for any launch/landing sites than Cape Canaveral and imo, Boca Chica. Unless they think shuttling everyone to and from a rocket platform out in the middle of the ocean is going to be a feasible thing.