After the first failed attempt to launch Starship, SpaceX set April 20 as the date for the new test. If everything continues according to the course announced by the American company, tomorrow we will be able to see the first flight of the largest and most powerful rocket ever created by humanity. This is how we can do it.
62 minutes to make history. The date indicated by the company is tomorrow, Thursday, April 20. They have a launch window between 8:28 and 9:30 local time. From the peninsula this translates into the fork between 15:28 and 16:30 CET (14:28-15:30 in the Canary Islands).
It will be necessary to wait before knowing the exact time in which the countdown is activated (and if there are interruptions in it). Last Monday the launch was initially delayed a few minutes also within its own launch window.
Where to see it In Xataka we were able to see the first attempt on Monday and you can also follow it tomorrow if everything continues as planned. It will also be possible to see from the channel itself Youtube from SpaceX and through their website.
It is also to be expected that both the company as its CEO, Elon Muskdo a coverage of the matter in Twitter.
What we can expect from the flight. The countdown will last two hours from the start of loading the fuel in the Starship holds and its first phase, Super Heavy, until takeoff. After that, Starship expects a 90-minute flight that will take it from Starbase, SpaceX’s space center in Puerto Chico, Texas, to an established landing point several miles off the coast of Hawaii.
In the first minutes of the journey, the first phase of the vehicle will separate from Starship and perform a reentry and landing maneuver on a platform in the waters of the Gulf of Mexico. If all goes to plan, both the first stage and the main ship should be reusable after their respective landings.
What can go wrong. An operation as complex as this one leaves little to chance, but the unforeseen lurks. A few weeks ago Musk spoke of a 50% chance of success, although it is difficult to know if delays or catastrophic failure were what he had in mind when making his estimate.
The last attempt was the victim of the freezing of one of the valves that must keep under control the tons of fuel at freezing temperatures loaded in the colossus’s tanks. Such a failure can lead again to restart the countdown. Weather conditions and other external factors can play a trick on you
Added to this is the possibility that failures go unnoticed and the rocket disintegrates on its way to suborbital. Although the company seems to have adopted a slightly more conservative workflow than the trial and error that we were used to a few years ago, this possibility is still on the table. Like any release.
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