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 by Staff Writers Washington DC (Sputnik) Jan 14, 2020
This is the second time SpaceX has blown up its completed hardware with the aim of finding out the company's limits in terms of production and assembly methods, media reported. On 10 January, a SpaceX team of engineers blew up a miniature Starship tank, which had been built for just 20 days, Teslarati reports. After the test, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk took to Twitter to reveal the results in detail while answering a corresponding question of a netizen. Musk has added that the tank collapsed almost exactly where and how it had been planned when the weld, connecting the tank's wall and dome, failed under the maximum sustained pressure of 7.1 bar, which is 18 per cent over the operating pressure. He has stressed that SpaceX demands Starships to sustain a minimum of 40% over the operating pressure before humans will be allowed to fly them. According to Teslarati, the results of the test have made it possible for the spaceflight company to build the first Starship vehicles which are able to fly in space. Source: RIA Novosti
SpaceX launches JCSAT 18 Kacific 1 communication satellite Orlando FL (SPX) Dec 17, 2019 SpaceX successfully launched on Monday evening a communications satellite that is owned jointly by two companies, one in Japan and one in Malaysia, aboard a Falcon 9 rocket from Florida. The rocket launched as planned at 7:10 p.m. EST from Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The late autumn weather was ideal for the launch with light clouds and light breeze. The company confirmed that the spacecraft had reached its intended orbit about 28 minutes after launch. The fi ... read more
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