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It is. However the point of holding the rocket for a moment during the actual launch is to give the engines time to fire. The point of a static fire is to test
by gizmo686 10y ago
It is. However the point of holding the rocket for a moment during the actual launch is to give the engines time to fire.
The point of a static fire is to test the launch systems. The hope is that problems can be noticed before the actual launch, where they are more likely to cause catastrophic failure (and where we they might not be noticed in time to abort).