On Monday, April 17, the private space company SpaceX would have wanted to test the most powerful rocket ever built, Starship, for the first time. But shortly before the start came the crash – there was a problem with the pressure equalization.
A second takeoff attempt from the Texas starbase is now scheduled for next Thursday. There is a 62-minute time window for the launch, which starts at 3:28 PM (Swiss time) and ends at 4:30 PM.
Monday, shortly before launch, “apparently a pressure equalization problem in the rocket’s first stage was discovered.” SpaceX founder Elon Musk wrote on Twitter that a valve had frozen. That is not unusual, because filling a rocket with fuel is a tricky business. As recently as March, Musk said there was about a 50 percent chance Starship would make it to orbit the first time.
All systems are currently green for launch https://t.co/VxZOEAD652
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 20, 2023
Soource :Watson
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