The Super Heavy launch vehicle with the Starship spacecraft, created for missions to the Moon and Mars, after launching into a test orbital flight, collapsed during the separation of the first stage. It is reported by Interfax with reference to the statement of the developer company SpaceX.
“Today’s test will help us improve the reliability of Starship… The teams will continue to analyze the data and work on our next flight test,” the company said.
The launch took place from SpaceX’s Starbase launch pad in Boca Chica, southeast Texas at 09:33 ET (4:33 PM Moscow time).
The rocket, a few minutes after launch, began an uncontrolled rotation and exploded.
The reusable rocket system consists of the Ship 24 spacecraft and the Super Heavy carrier. Its height reaches 120 meters. It is taller than any other rocket ever built in the world. The first stage of the Super Heavy carrier has 33 Raptor methane-oxygen engines, the second stage has six engines. This carrier is twice as powerful as NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) heavy rocket, which is being created for manned flights to the Moon.
It was planned that as part of the first flight, the Ship 24 spacecraft would complete one revolution around the Earth and then make a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean, near the Hawaiian Islands. The flight was supposed to last approximately 90 minutes.
Source: Rosbalt
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