{"id":22138,"date":"2022-08-11T22:02:50","date_gmt":"2022-08-11T14:02:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/spacex-conducts-back-to-back-static-fires-of-starship-24-and-booster-7\/"},"modified":"2022-08-11T22:02:50","modified_gmt":"2022-08-11T14:02:50","slug":"spacex-conducts-back-to-back-static-fires-of-starship-24-and-booster-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/spacex-conducts-back-to-back-static-fires-of-starship-24-and-booster-7\/","title":{"rendered":"SpaceX conducts back to back static fires of Starship 24 and Booster 7"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"img-border featured-image\">\n<p>\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/googleads.g.doubleclick.net\/pagead\/ads?gdpr=0&amp;us_privacy=1YNN&amp;gpp=DBABL~BVQqAAAAAg&amp;gpp_sid=7&amp;client=ca-pub-7125080057269629&amp;output=html&amp;h=280&amp;num_ads=1&amp;adk=2072073738&amp;adf=712772469&amp;abgtt=7&amp;w=775&amp;fwrn=4&amp;fwrnh=100&amp;lmt=1783315551&amp;rafmt=1&amp;armr=3&amp;sem=mc&amp;pwprc=4018519472&amp;ad_type=text_image&amp;format=775x280&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fspaceexplored.com%2F2022%2F08%2F11%2Fspacex-conducts-back-to-back-static-fires-of-starship-24-and-booster-7%2F&amp;host=ca-host-pub-5506057612223327&amp;fwr=0&amp;pra=3&amp;rh=194&amp;rw=774&amp;rpe=1&amp;resp_fmts=3&amp;asro=0&amp;aimartd=4&amp;aieuf=1&amp;aicrs=1&amp;fa=27&amp;dt=1783315551294&amp;bpp=2&amp;bdt=2312&amp;idt=2&amp;shv=r20260701&amp;mjsv=m202606290101&amp;ptt=9&amp;saldr=aa&amp;abxe=1&amp;cookie=ID%3Dee20989454fe3a9b%3AT%3D1783311432%3ART%3D1783315268%3AS%3DALNI_Ma_zHTC64Egiec_8HQYi2Rx5xEg8w&amp;gpic=UID%3D000014159597bb56%3AT%3D1783311432%3ART%3D1783315268%3AS%3DALNI_MaDaRPwkK2fSZM7WKlqA_MSZIQskQ&amp;eo_id_str=ID%3De1bb4dd402f9f648%3AT%3D1783311432%3ART%3D1783315268%3AS%3DAA-Afjbi-FNlbfsUQCZWSNVtf2-j&amp;prev_fmts=0x0%2C336x280&amp;nras=2&amp;correlator=5132672430914&amp;frm=20&amp;pv=1&amp;u_tz=480&amp;u_his=1&amp;u_h=960&amp;u_w=1707&amp;u_ah=912&amp;u_aw=1707&amp;u_cd=24&amp;u_sd=1.5&amp;dmc=8&amp;adx=96&amp;ady=1160&amp;biw=1421&amp;bih=637&amp;scr_x=0&amp;scr_y=0&amp;eid=95395661%2C95390277%2C95393484&amp;oid=2&amp;pvsid=4927801789509506&amp;tmod=469432468&amp;uas=0&amp;nvt=1&amp;fc=1408&amp;brdim=133%2C96%2C133%2C96%2C1707%2C0%2C1441%2C720%2C1438%2C637&amp;vis=1&amp;rsz=%7C%7Cs%7C&amp;abl=NS&amp;cms=2&amp;fu=128&amp;bc=31&amp;bz=1&amp;pgls=CAk.&amp;ifi=3&amp;uci=a!3&amp;btvi=2&amp;fsb=1&amp;dtd=22\" data-google-container-id=\"a!3\" tabindex=\"0\" title=\"Advertisement\" aria-label=\"Advertisement\" data-load-complete=\"true\" data-google-query-id=\"CK20i_-nvZUDFaJkDwIdSoszFQ\"><\/iframe><\/ins><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"more-32087\"><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-super-heavy-booster-7-comes-to-life-post-inspections\">Super Heavy Booster 7 comes to life post inspections<\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Booster 7 is the first Super Heavy booster, the first stage of a fully built Starship launch vehicle, to be equipped with a full array of Raptor 2 engines. SpaceX has been conducting several tests on the booster for over a month to get it ready to launch. However, this static fire marks Booster 7\u2019s first time firing up one of its engines while mounted on Starbase\u2019s orbital launch mount.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SpaceX moved the massive rocket stage from the High Bay to the company\u2019s South Texas launch site overnight, beginning on August 5 and arriving in the early hours of the next day. Booster 7 spent a few weeks in the High Bay getting inspections as it suffered from a combustion event during a spin prime test. This test is meant to validate the plumbing by flowing a small amount of fuel through the engines. During the other week\u2019s test, something on the ground sparked the gas, creating a minor explosion around the rocket\u2019s base.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tuesday\u2019s static fire consisted of only one Raptor 2 engine. In total, Booster 7 carries 33 engines. Now that Booster 7 has passed this milestone, the question is will SpaceX gradually increase the number of engines static firing or go full in on a 33-engine static fire? Logically, it would make sense for SpaceX to conduct multiple static fires with a gradual increase of engines. However, this is SpaceX, and one comment from Musk could change everything.<\/p>\n<p>\t<span class=\"outbrain-ad-label\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<script type=\"text\/plain\">\n\t\t\twindow.adSlotsConfig = window.adSlotsConfig || [];<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tadSlotsConfig.push( {\n\t\t\t\tslotID: '\/1049447\/Outbrain',\n\t\t\t\tslotName: 'div-gpt-ad-outbrain-ad-32087',\n\t\t\t\tsizes: [300, 250],\n\t\t\t\tslotPosition: 'mid_article'\n\t\t\t} );\n\t\t<\/script><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-starship-24-roars-to-life-with-its-own-static-fire\">Starship 24 roars to life with its own static fire<\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Stationed nearby Booster 7 was Ship 24, the Starship launcher\u2019s upper stage and payload space. It also conducted a static fire of its Raptor engines shortly after Booster 7\u2019s. Ship 24 is equipped with three sea-level Raptor engines and three vacuumed optimized engines. During this test, Ship 24 only lit up two engines for a short duration.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed alignwide is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" class=\"\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden; width: 0px; height: 0px; display: block; flex-grow: 1;\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?creatorScreenName=SethKurk&amp;dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=e30%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1557187138352861186&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fspaceexplored.com%2F2022%2F08%2F11%2Fspacex-conducts-back-to-back-static-fires-of-starship-24-and-booster-7%2F&amp;sessionId=de31ed1fa6fec9e2fc2cbd7ddb56ca8e08f8e284&amp;siteScreenName=space_explored&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=6a3ad42b224df%3A1778106238597&amp;width=500px\" data-tweet-id=\"1557187138352861186\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" data-twitter-extracted-i1783315549390205497=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Static fire test of two Raptor engines on Starship 24 pic.twitter.com\/NNpViztphI<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 SpaceX (@SpaceX) August 10, 2022<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We\u2019ve already seen plenty of testing on these vehicles, and we will likely see more as SpaceX continues to ready these two vehicles for launch. When that launch takes place, we don\u2019t know, but activity has picked up a lot over the last few weeks with almost daily road closures. Once we understand what the FAA will require for the first orbital test flight, we will have a better grasp on when it could take place.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Super Heavy Booster 7 comes to life post inspections Booster 7 is the first Super Heavy booster, the first stage of a fully built Starship launch vehicle, to be equipped with a full array of Raptor 2 engines. 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