Will we see Starship's first orbital flight next month? 🧐
irst Starship orbital flight will be with Raptor 2 engines, as they are much more capable [and] reliable. 230 ton or ~500k lb thrust at sea level.
"We'll have 39 flightworthy engines built by next month, then another month to integrate, so hopefully May for orbital flight test," he continued.Raptor V2 was designed to reduce production cost and time, meaning that almost every piece in the engine was redesigned to be more compact and easier to produce.
SpaceX also boosted Raptor's maximum thrust by 25 percent, to 230 tons of thrust at sea level. By comparison, the V1.5 engines used on Starships SN8-11 and SN15 produced around 185 tons .This week, SpaceX and NASA sent another crewed launch to the International Space Station as part of . Today, April 29, the company aims to send another 53 Starlink satellites into orbit. Musk recently stated that the
revenue from the company's Starlink internet satellite service would help it develop its fully reusable
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