the detail in these pictures/video is insane, thank you so much for this SG, thanks. Love the one where its super obvious just how many tiles spaceX removed to really test the heatshield and ablative material on this version of starship.
I am wondering if those are starlink antenna on the tops of the strakes, being at that 60ish degree angle. And if so is that how the booster links up with the tower for catch. Seems like there would be some lag. I would rather have direct line of sight comms for that.
No those are tiles. The starlink are seen at 2:56 hidden behind the cherry picker. Starlink is for telemetry only at spx. The booster is self guided like the f9 booster. Uses internal guidance and radar
its so funny that from the getgo they pretty much have the opposite problem the spaceshuttle had and they desperately leave out more and more tiles on each flight in order to figure out some sort of breakpoint for this thermal protection setup
the detail in these pictures/video is insane, thank you so much for this SG, thanks.
Love the one where its super obvious just how many tiles spaceX removed to really test the heatshield and ablative material on this version of starship.
Quality over quantity. No vocal, no on screen garbage ❤❤❤❤❤
Gazer, thank you for covering the both booster and ship in glorious detail!
Thanks for sharing!
Starship is so cool man
let's go Flight 7!!
fingers crossed on another booster catch and a good ship splashdown!
Super informative and beautifully done, Gazer!! - Dave Huntsman
Un grand merci à vous
a massive re-usable spaceship. well done
AWESOME
very nice thank you! really shows off the hodge-podge of heat shield tiles...
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I am wondering if those are starlink antenna on the tops
of the strakes, being at that 60ish degree angle. And if so
is that how the booster links up with the tower for catch.
Seems like there would be some lag. I would rather have
direct line of sight comms for that.
No those are tiles. The starlink are seen at 2:56 hidden behind the cherry picker. Starlink is for telemetry only at spx. The booster is self guided like the f9 booster. Uses internal guidance and radar
its so funny that from the getgo they pretty much have the opposite problem the spaceshuttle had and they desperately leave out more and more tiles on each flight in order to figure out some sort of breakpoint for this thermal protection setup
I wonder from what distance everything is so clearly visble?
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so many tile experiments