– View from above (Image: SpaceX)
US aerospace company SpaceX has assembled the world’s largest rocket, again demonstrating how serious the development of the spacecraft is and how fast it is moving forward. The giant rocket was dismantled after a few hours, but according to SpaceX boss Elon Musk, the colossal vehicle will take off for the first time this year. When assembled, the rocket stood approximately 120 meters high, surpassing even the legendary Saturn V plus payload that brought humans to the moon as part of the US Apollo program.
Trial for test flight
The giant rockets stacked on top of each other at the SpaceX Texas site last Friday consisted of a 70-meter-high first stage called the Super Heavy and the 50-meter-high Starship spacecraft. in this two-part installation of the 29 Raptor engine in this first Super Heavy, which was supposed to take off. The stage rocket and spacecraft are jointly traded as B4 on SpaceX and are expected to make their first orbital flight this year and come from Texas to Hawaii, where it is expected to fall into the ocean.
The whole missile
(Image: SpaceX)
Musk didn’t present the first prototype of the Starship until September 2019 and, in familiar big words, has announced a spacecraft that should be reusable very quickly and that can fly up to three times a day or 1000 times a year. . It should be able to carry 150 tons of cargo into space and carry 50 tons of cargo to earth. He described the spacecraft as “the fastest route to an independent city on Mars” and believes traveling to other planets is possible. It had previously announced its first flight with people on board for 2020, but while that’s once again overly optimistic, SpaceX’s speed has been impressive. After several flight tests of the Starship prototype, number SN15 landed safely again in May after rising to 10 kilometers above sea level.
The first composite rocket spacecraft, Musk is now describing on Twitter as a dream come true. Before the monster takes off, there’s still a long way to go, he said. Therefore, the individual parts are disassembled again. According to US media reports, SpaceX previously sent employees from across the country to Texas to help prepare for an orbital test flight. In addition, the space company is still waiting for the results of a study from the US aviation authority, the FAA. Cooperation between Musk’s company and the agency has not gone well on several occasions over the past few months.
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