The third orbital flight of the Starship rocket is scheduled to take place on March 14 around 1 p.m. our time. The starting window is expected to last two hours. The previous two failed attempts to launch Elon Musk’s Space X rocket took place in April and November last year. The first rocket was detonated, while the second one exploded on its own. However, SpaceX considers both of these attempts a success because the collected data was to be used for further work and to help eliminate future faults.
Starship rocket launch. Where to watch?
The launch of the Starship rocket will be available to watch on Space X’s social media channels. Among other things, on the X platform. The entire Starship system is 120 meters high and is placed on the first stage of a rocket called Super Heavy.
“The first stage, measuring 70 m, is powered by 33 Raptor engines powered by liquid methane and oxygen, which in total have twice the power of the engines of the Saturn V rocket, which NASA used in the Apollo program,” it says. The Starship rocket itself is 50 m high and is powered by six Raptor engines – three of them are adapted to work in space.
Third launch of the Starship rocket from SpaceX. This is what the scenario looks like
The third flight of the rocket assumes the launch of both stages of the vehicle, i.e. the booster and the spacecraft itself. The “amplifier” is to disconnect in space, decelerate and begin returning to Earth. Starship is to launch its own engines in extraterrestrial space for the first time. If all goes according to plan, the rocket is expected to then re-enter the atmosphere and begin landing in the Indian Ocean.
Starship is to be the largest private space rocket in history and is intended to be a multi-purpose vehicle. According to Space X, the ship will be able to carry a payload of 100 tons to low Earth orbit or carry up to 100 astronauts into space. However, the most exciting scenarios for future Starship missions are the announced flights to the Moon – and in the longer term – also to Mars. The ship is scheduled to take NASA astronauts to the surface of the Silver Globe later this decade and then return them to Earth.
Source: Gazeta
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