Spacex Starship finally withdraws a successful test trip

Elon Musk and for him Spacex The team can breathe a group a sigh of relief. Days after the postponement, Starship recently managed to launch its tenth test from the launch platform in Starbase, Texas.

The largest missile in Spacex and its strongest on Tuesday, August 26, at 7:30 pm, reached 192 km, and began a sub -track more than 26,000 km per hour towards the Indian Ocean, where the spacecraft erupted an hour after the deposit.

LaFoff was born on Tuesday, a much higher anticipation of the last SPACEX test flights, watching more than 1.8 million direct broadcast scenes at the X account of the company. Why a lot of attention? To anyone, and Catastrophic On June 18, this led to the explosion and destruction of the Starship 36 vehicle, among other previous accidents. The program also drew protests by activists and citizens in Texas who are concerned The environmental impact of the test and maneuvering In StarBase. The Mexican government has also criticized the amount of debris that ended in its territory.

The vehicle also plays an important role in Musk ambitions to colonize MarsAnd its success is an integral part of The relationship with the United States government– The largest agent.

Starship is designed as a fully reusable space transmission system. It consists of two parts: the high heavy, the supporter is supported by a group of 33 Raptor engines that provide the necessary trend to leave the Earth; Starship, the spacecraft that will be responsible for carrying crew and goods to outer space.

Not only fly the tenth airline test in the middle of the road around the world, but was also responsible for publishing eight stars simulation devices, which are similar manufactures with the next generation of Starlink satellites (V3). The simulation devices were successfully deployed when the vehicle reached a height of 190 km on the Atlantic Ocean within half an hour of takeoff. Tests were also conducted on other elements of the car, including Super Heavy ability to perform a successful splash on the Gulf of Mexico in minutes of takeoff.

With the spacecraft ready to re -enter at 26,660 km per hour, the car showed some damage to an external shell. However, after an hour and six minutes of takeoff, she managed to reach her destination in one piece, until she tried to land in a vertical position on the ocean, which led to the expected destruction of the 37th vehicle. Close to the exciting day for the SpaceX team, with a lot of data to the analysis on the horizon.

This story was originally appeared on EN Español wireless It was translated from Spanish.