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SpaceX Starship Integrated Flight Test 7
Elderberry:
Chris Bergin - NSF
@NASASpaceflight
It’s been almost a week since Starship’s 6th flight, and SpaceX is already hard at work prepping for Flight 7!
Watch the full Starbase Update episode Here on @X
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✨Post-launch repairs at Pad A
✨The latest on Booster 14, Ship 33, and upcoming vehicles
✨Updates on Pad B and Starfactory construction
✨The fate of Ship 26
✨Key insights into Flight 7, including a possible launch date and reentry plans
✨FAA’s revised environmental assessment and what it means for @SpaceX's goal of 25 Starship launches per year.
✨Plus, a sneak peek at new developments at Kennedy Space Center’s LC-39A!
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https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/status/1861218690361852278
bigheadfred:
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Elderberry:
SpaceX’s Starship Flight 7 Planned For January Suggests NASA Letter To The FAA
WCCFTech by Ramish Zafar Nov 25, 2024
SpaceX's next Starship flight, Flight 7, could take place in January, according to a request filed by NASA with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Starship Flight 6 took to the skies last week amid much fanfare, and it marked the quickest turnaround time for the world's largest rocket under development. During the test, while SpaceX chose to skip the 232-feet-tall Super Heavy booster tower catch, the firm successfully landed the booster and the upper-stage spacecraft in the water. Now, according to a NASA request making rounds on X, Starship Flight 7 could fly on January 11th.
NASA Requests FAA Authorization To Deploy Aircraft To Study Second Stage Starship Spacecraft During Flight 7
NASA typically carries out imaging operations of SpaceX's Starship rocket through its WB-57 aircraft, which are equipped with specialized gadgets and designed solely for such operations. However, since the upper-stage Starship spacecraft is set to splash down in the Indian Ocean, it's likely that the WB-57's flight range is unsuitable for the mission or that the cost of operating the aircraft from Australia is unfeasible for the space agency.
As a result, in a letter sent to the FAA, NASA has asked the regulator to allow it to operate a Gulfstream aircraft with all lights shut off in Texas to prepare for imaging operations for Starship Flight 7. The aircraft, called NASA5, will be used for "imaging calibration flights in support of the SpaceX Starship 7 launch," according to NASA's chief of flight operations, Air Operations Division, Brett Pugsley.
More: https://wccftech.com/spacexs-starship-flight-7-planned-for-january-suggests-nasa-letter-to-the-faa/
Elderberry:
Sawyer Merritt
@SawyerMerritt
New video of Elon explaining Starship to Trump, Ted Cruz, Bryson DeChambeau and others.
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https://twitter.com/SawyerMerritt/status/1861506437681209732
Elderberry:
FAA gives Flight 7 the Go Ahead, SpaceX to complete final steps ahead of launch
NSF by Ryan Weber December 18, 2024
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has approved SpaceX’s Flight 7 of Starship. The news came shortly after Ship 33 completed engine testing at Masseys and rolled back into Mega Bay 2. SpaceX must now put the final touches on its vehicles before teams are ready.
Flight 7 Regulatory Side
On Dec. 17, the FAA released a statement for the approval of Flight 7 and a minor license modification. This comes a bit earlier than expected and just before the holidays.
Adrian Beil
@BCCarCounters
NSF has asked the @FAANews about the license notification for Flight 7 of Starship. That modification has been given:
The first part of the statement allows SpaceX to use the Flight 7 mission profile multiple times. This refers to using a Block 2 Ship and Block 1 Booster on a suborbital trajectory. While the trajectory is the same as in the past six flights, the vehicle combination has changed due to Block 2 of Ship. This could mean that SpaceX still intends to fly suborbital missions for a few more flights or at least has the option to do so without another license modification.
The FAA also discusses how the agency continues to increase its licensing duties efficiency to try to meet the demands of the commercial space industry. Considering the rapid turnarounds of the past few license modifications and the timely return to flights for Falcon 9 throughout the year, the FAA is undoubtedly making progress.
The license’s basic verbiage regarding the vehicle configuration for the flight is: “Using the Starship-Super Heavy vehicle.” This has been the same since Flight 5 and has only been changed once which was for Flight 4 where it stated, “Using Ship 29-Booster 11Starship-Super Heavy vehicle Configuration, unless this license is modified to remove this term”. This definition might cover SpaceX at least through the end of Block 1 of Booster.
More: https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2024/12/faa-flight-7-go/
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