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The official live feed suddenly froze, no new frames or audio for a few minutes until someone said "We are not waiting for new footage, SN11 is not coming down"
by Kyrio 6y ago
The official live feed suddenly froze, no new frames or audio for a few minutes until someone said "We are not waiting for new footage, SN11 is not coming down". I'm amazed by how quickly SN11 came together after SN10: how many rockets does SpaceX have in store?
- stetrain 6y agoThey have another one (SN15, they skipped a few) in final assembly: https://twitter.com/_brendan_lewis/status/1375567483952762881 https://twitter.com/_brendan_lewis/status/137556748395276288...
- dgritsko 6y agoSN12-14 were cancelled due to them being based on the now-obsolete design used for SN8-11, right?
- NortySpock 6y agoYes
- mchusma 6y agoTheir focus has been on the mass production of starships, with one rolling off the assembly line about every 2 weeks now. The next big milestones are SN15 launch (major upgrades in that version onward) and the booster launch (hasn't been tried yet). They are hoping to get the 2 stage to orbit this summer, so probably after at least 4 more tests.
- grishka 6y agoWhat happened to SN12, 13, and 14?
- bryanlarsen 6y agoThey were scrapped. SN12 had significant work on it before it was scrapped, but SN13 and SN14 only had a few pieces made before it was scrapped.
- someperson 6y agohttps://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2021/03/starship-sn11-spacex-orbital-flight-summer/ https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2021/03/starship-sn11-spacex... That link is the best coverage of the next flights SN15, SN16, SN17 and BN1, BN2, BN3. The aspirational schedule has been confirmed by Elon