March 14, 20242 yr Author Wow! Looking good. Payload door opened okay. Let's see how the tiles handles reentry.
March 14, 20242 yr Author 3 minutes ago, Luis Hernandez said: Well, looks like this time they did it. Starship is now in orbit (as far as I understand). Although I thought SpaceX would bring the first stage the same way they did before, i.e., soft landing on ground. There was an issue with the first stage I think. Unstable. I think they were going to dump it though, no landing. Some great camera views Edited March 14, 20242 yr by martin-w
March 14, 20242 yr Administrators First stage just landed in my back yard! Think I'll sell it for scrap! Charlie AronAVSIM Board of Directors-ADMIN/Moderator-RegistrarJust going to run a Chromebook and not upgrade to a Windows computer. Too many problems with the new Sims! 😱Trying to keep peace and harmony and the will of Landru on the site seems to be a full time job!
March 14, 20242 yr Author Using propellant to manoeuver in orbit seems to work great. No thrusters required. Propellant transfer next. Then reentry. Edited March 14, 20242 yr by martin-w
March 14, 20242 yr Administrators So both the booster and ship = big bada boom? Charlie AronAVSIM Board of Directors-ADMIN/Moderator-RegistrarJust going to run a Chromebook and not upgrade to a Windows computer. Too many problems with the new Sims! 😱Trying to keep peace and harmony and the will of Landru on the site seems to be a full time job!
March 14, 20242 yr ...and a second successive flawless boost phase from the first stage. I will never get tired of seeing all 33 of those Raptor engines working together. Christopher Low AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPU / 64GB DDR5-6000 RAM / 12GB Nvidia RTX 4070 Super GPU / Gigabyte X870E Aorus Elite Wifi 7 / 1+2TB Samsung Evo Plus M2 Nvme UK2000 Beta Tester
March 15, 20242 yr Author Propellant transfer was a significant test, very successful. The Raptors weren't fired up due to excessive roll rate.
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