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What happens to the Falcon 9 second stage after payload …
Jan 15, 2015 · SpaceX would love to recover the second stage, which they had planned. But it sounds like they have given up on that. Transcript - Elon Musk at MIT's Aero/Astro Centennial (part 1 of 6) [What about the second stage?] The next generation vehicles after the Falcon architecture will be designed for full reusability.
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spacex - Why will Starlink satellites use krypton instead of xenon …
It's the same reason SpaceX often does things differently: Krypton is a lot cheaper. The satellites are designed to control costs. For example, each will maneuver with Hall-effect thrusters—ion thrusters in which propellant is accelerated by an electric field.
spacex - What are the differences between a standard Merlin …
Apr 19, 2015 · The biggest difference is the nozzle.For optimal performance in vacuum, you want a much larger one. According to Spaceflight 101, the chamber pressure is the same, but the expansion ratio (throat area to end-of-nozzle area) is 7 times larger in the vacuum variant, which (if correct) implies about 2.7 times the nozzle diameter if the throat is unchanged.
SpaceX progress toward 25 Starship launches in 2025
Dec 20, 2024 · Presumably SpaceX didn't pluck the 25 figure from thin air, so they must have some sort of plan for getting there, even if it is an optimistic one. For the sake of having something to track against that isn't just "2.08 launches per month", I'm going to use this...
Transporter-12 Rideshare : VSFB SLC-4E - SpaceX F9
Jan 8, 2023 · SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Momentus Inc. (NASDAQ: MNTS) ("Momentus" or the "Company"), a U.S. commercial space company that offers orbital transportation and in-space infrastructure services, signed a contract with SpaceX to reserve a port on its Transporter-12 mission targeted for launch no earlier than October 2024.
spacex - What computer and software is used by the Falcon 9?
May 29, 2015 · SpaceX uses an Actor-Judge system to provide triple redundancy to its rockets and spacecraft. The Falcon 9 has 3 dual core x86 processors running an instance of linux on each core. The flight software is written in C/C++ and runs in the x86 environment. For each calculation/decision, the "flight string" compares the results from both cores.
spacex - How far south can one see a rocket launch from Cape …
I'll be in Miami this Thursday 30th of March and there is a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launch from LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida (if it's not delayed). I won't be able to drive north to be on time at Cape Canaveral to see it.