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Re:Starship's Sixth Flight Test by ranger207 on Wednesday November 06, 2024 @04:23PM (#42069640)
Didn't SpaceX launch Europa Clipper to Jupiter a few weeks ago?
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Re:Starship's Sixth Flight Test by bandyaboot on Wednesday November 06, 2024 @04:41PM (#42069889)
They also flung a Tesla Roadster off into a wayward journey around the Sun. Not nearly as impressive I know, but significantly more amusing.
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Re:Starship's Sixth Flight Test by tim333 on Wednesday November 06, 2024 @06:03PM (#42070935)
Yup. Passed by Mars in Oct 2020 which is definitely outside low earth orbit.
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Re:Starship's Sixth Flight Test by shirro on Wednesday November 06, 2024 @05:46PM (#42070737)
Clipper is a massive payload for a planetary science mission as well. SLS was the only other operational US vehicle with the payload capacity.
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Re:Starship's Sixth Flight Test by njarboe on Thursday November 07, 2024 @06:14PM (#42082189)
The Clipper was planned to be launched on the SLS, but due to delays in the SLS program and its massive cost ($2+ billion per launch), it was decided to use the Falcon Heavy to launch it even though the Falcon Heavy is a bit smaller and it will take 5 years instead of 3 to get to Jupiter.
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