Starship SN11 Launch Attempt Ends in Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly

Re:Starship SN11 Launch Attempt Ends in Rapid Unscheduled Di... by Kyrio on Tuesday March 30, 2021 @09:22AM (#26634280)

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?

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Re:Starship SN11 Launch Attempt Ends in Rapid Unscheduled Di... by mchusma on Tuesday March 30, 2021 @09:42AM (#26634502)

Their 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.

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Re:Starship SN11 Launch Attempt Ends in Rapid Unscheduled Di... by grishka on Tuesday March 30, 2021 @10:17AM (#26634853)

What happened to SN12, 13, and 14?

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Re:Starship SN11 Launch Attempt Ends in Rapid Unscheduled Di... by bryanlarsen on Tuesday March 30, 2021 @10:22AM (#26634913)

They 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.

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Re:Starship SN11 Launch Attempt Ends in Rapid Unscheduled Di... by someperson on Tuesday March 30, 2021 @09:49AM (#26634580)

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

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Re:Starship SN11 Launch Attempt Ends in Rapid Unscheduled Di... by stetrain on Tuesday March 30, 2021 @09:39AM (#26634459)

They have another one (SN15, they skipped a few) in final assembly:

https://twitter.com/_brendan_lewis/status/137556748395276288...

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Re:Starship SN11 Launch Attempt Ends in Rapid Unscheduled Di... by dgritsko on Tuesday March 30, 2021 @10:41AM (#26635129)

SN12-14 were cancelled due to them being based on the now-obsolete design used for SN8-11, right?

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Re:Starship SN11 Launch Attempt Ends in Rapid Unscheduled Di... by NortySpock on Tuesday March 30, 2021 @12:52PM (#26637035)

Yes

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