After the problems suffered on Tuesday, this Wednesday SpaceX again tried to launch the prototype spacecraft SN8, as part of a high altitude suborbital flight test. The test was developed in Cameron County, state of Texas, in the United States. However, despite efforts, the ship failed to land satisfactorily, as it touched down.
Minutes later who spoke in their social networks it was Elon Musk, founder of SpaceX: “Successful climb, switch to header tanks, and precise flap control at landing point (…) The fuel tank pressure was low during landing, causing the landing speed to be high, But we got all the data we needed! Congratulations to the SpaceX team. “
“Mars, here we go!”
As planned, the launch took place around 11pm GMT (4:40 PM Central Time).
Despite the failed mission on Wednesday, Musk had recently advanced that the chances of success of the SN8 test were one in three.
“This suborbital flight is designed to test various targets, from how the vehicle’s three Raptor engines work and the vehicle’s overall entry aerodynamic capabilities, including its body flaps, to how the vehicle handles the thruster transition.”, the company explained hours before.
Raptor is the name of the company’s liquid methane and oxygen-powered engine. The SN8 has three of them; the previous prototypes that flew in Boca Chica (SN5 and SN6), however, had one.
SpaceX also indicated that “with a test like this, success is not measured by meeting specific objectives, but by how much we can learn together, which will inform and improve the probability of success in the future.”
Wednesday’s mission came a day after the Starship’s first high-altitude test flight was canceled at the last minute in Texas on Tuesday.
The goal was to launch the Starship at an altitude of 12.5 kilometers (8 miles) – the highest yet. and later return the ship for a vertical landing. This smooth descent is expected to be without a motor, similar to that of a skydiver.
The SpaceX landing zone is located next to the launch pad.
However, Tuesday an engine automatically aborted with just 1.3 seconds remaining on the countdown. SpaceX said in its webcast that it was all for the day.
The company has already conducted five test flights of the Starship, but those previous, simpler models have not climbed more than 150 meters (490 feet). The steel version on Tuesday’s launch pad was the first with a cone nose, body flaps and three Raptor engines.
SpaceX has a facility in Boca Chica, in the southeastern corner of Texas along the border with Mexico, to build and test its Starships. The company plans to use the Starship rockets – the stage on the Super Heavy boosters – to put large satellites into orbit and to send people and cargo to the moon and Mars.
With AP information
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