Finally, the second test of the Starship Rocket has been completed. Although the test flight was not completely successful, it was enough to make us forget the misfortune that occurred in April. With this test flight, SpaceX took important steps with Starship, the largest rocket ever built. Here are the details…
Even though the second test of the Starship Rocket did not fully achieve its purpose, it went down in history as a promising work!
SpaceX launched the rocket for Starship’s second test from the company’s South Texas launch base. It flew straight and true for more than eight minutes before exploding about 100 miles below the Gulf of Mexico. Starship reached speeds of 15,000 miles per hour. It then self-destructed over the Gulf of Mexico.
With this test flight, SpaceX failed to achieve its goal with the Starship rRocket, the largest rocket ever built. But he took important steps. The company designed the Starship Rocket as a fully reusable launch vehicle. Elon Musk, founder and CEO of SpaceX, emphasized the main purposes of this rocket. He said that it was a very important step in terms of his vision of establishing a settlement on Mars.
SpaceX wants to prove the capabilities of its Starship rocket. In this way, it plans to use this rocket to launch huge payloads of many Starlink Internet satellites. NASA made an agreement with SpaceX to land astronauts on the Moon. NASA has a pair of contracts worth more than $4 billion with SpaceX to use a version of Starship. Of course, SpaceX does not only offer special services to public institutions. Many private space travelers have also signed up to fly on Starship.
Of course, these goals are based on putting Starship into orbit. However, this has not happened yet. It was supposed to get Starship into orbit for Saturday’s test launch. Ultimately, the rocket failed to achieve its goal. However, although it did not reach the full target, the results obtained on Saturday were promising.
SpaceX engineer John Insprucker commented on this test during the company’s official live broadcast of the test flight. Insprucker; “We got the hot stage, which is what we really wanted to see and test. We saw the separation, we saw the somersault maneuver. “We saw the six Raptor engines on Starship burn.” said. Musk, on the other hand, described the giant launcher as a “magnificent machine” in his post on Twitter, formerly known as X.
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson included the following words in his post on his social media account: “Congratulations to the teams who made progress in today’s flight test. Spaceflight is a daring adventure that requires a can-do spirit and daring innovation. Today’s test is an opportunity to learn and then fly again. “
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