SpaceX Starship Flight 12: Don't miss these stunning photos from the launch of the most powerful Starship yet
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SpaceX Starship's massive V3 launch looked incredible.
Starship launch blasted off on Friday (May 22) from **** eX's Starbase test site in South Texas, at 6:30 p.m. EDT (5:30 p.m. local time or 2230 GMT). The massive ship made a sojourn in suborbital **** e before both the Starship Super Heavy booster and its Ship upper stage made fiery splashdowns to conclude the mission.
But while the trip itself was a repeat of previous flights, and the 12th overall for the Starship program, the ship was new. **** eX's newest version of Starship, standing at 408 feet or 124 meters tall, is larger and more powerful than any iteration before it.
Some of the key upgrades include a new fuel transfer tube; a faster PEZ deployment system for future satellites; a more powerful Raptor Engine (39 of these across the two stages); three grid fins for reentry-directing instead of four; and a reusable "hot stage ring" lying at the intersection of Super Heavy and Ship.
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SpaceX Starship's massive V3 launch looked incredible.
Starship launch blasted off on Friday (May 22) from **** eX's Starbase test site in South Texas, at 6:30 p.m. EDT (5:30 p.m. local time or 2230 GMT). The massive ship made a sojourn in suborbital **** e before both the Starship Super Heavy booster and its Ship upper stage made fiery splashdowns to conclude the mission.
But while the trip itself was a repeat of previous flights, and the 12th overall for the Starship program, the ship was new. **** eX's newest version of Starship, standing at 408 feet or 124 meters tall, is larger and more powerful than any iteration before it.
Some of the key upgrades include a new fuel transfer tube; a faster PEZ deployment system for future satellites; a more powerful Raptor Engine (39 of these across the two stages); three grid fins for reentry-directing instead of four; and a reusable "hot stage ring" lying at the intersection of Super Heavy and Ship.
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