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Elon Musk’s BFR May Be Positioned to Begin Hop Tests by 2019

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Inverse By Mike Brown on July 16, 2018

SpaceX’s Mars-bound BFR ship is taking shape. New images published last week show a giant liquid oxygen tank arriving at the company’s Boca Chica facility in Texas, which hints at good progress for ship testing ahead of projected “hop” tests next year.

Local media outlet KVEO reported that the 95,000-gallon liquid oxygen tank can hold the same as around 20 tanker trucks. The tank’s full installation is set to occur later this year, following the successful installation of 600 kilowatts worth of solar arrays and two ground station antennas tracking International Space Station missions with the Dragon capsule. SpaceX said in a statement that the new tank “will be used to support propellant-loading operations during launch and vehicle tests,” and Teslarati notes that previous statements from CEO Elon Musk and president Gwynne Shotwell suggest Boca Chica will support initial BFR tests.

More: https://www.inverse.com/article/47072-spacex-elon-musk-s-bfr-may-be-positioned-to-begin-hop-tests-by-2019

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