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MyNameIsFred@beehaw.org to Space@beehaw.org · 2 years ago

SpaceX changing Starship stage separation ahead of next launch

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SpaceX changing Starship stage separation ahead of next launch

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MyNameIsFred@beehaw.org to Space@beehaw.org · 2 years ago
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SpaceX is changing the approach for separating the two stages of its Starship vehicle to increase payload performance before its next test flight.
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    A ring section for Superheavy with an odd pattern of cutouts was spotted a while ago at Starbase and the SpaceX watchers speculated it was for hot-staging, turns out they were right.

    Here’s the model they came up with based off of that ring section:

    superheavy with hot staging vents

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      That looks really cool, thanks for sharing!

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