{"id":22654,"date":"2021-07-20T22:01:35","date_gmt":"2021-07-20T14:01:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/spacex-starship-super-heavy-booster-3-breathes-to-life-for-the-first-time-with-static-fire\/"},"modified":"2021-07-20T22:01:35","modified_gmt":"2021-07-20T14:01:35","slug":"spacex-starship-super-heavy-booster-3-breathes-to-life-for-the-first-time-with-static-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/spacex-starship-super-heavy-booster-3-breathes-to-life-for-the-first-time-with-static-fire\/","title":{"rendered":"SpaceX Starship Super Heavy Booster 3 breathes to life for the first time with static fire"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"img-border featured-image wp-block-image--obfuscated\">\n<p>\t<img width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/default-spaceexplored-related-guide.png?w=1600\" class=\"skip-lazy wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/default-spaceexplored-related-guide.png?w=320&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/default-spaceexplored-related-guide.png?w=640&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/default-spaceexplored-related-guide.png?w=1024&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/default-spaceexplored-related-guide.png?w=1500&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 1500w\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" data-attachment-id=\"16334\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/2021\/07\/19\/spacex-starship-super-heavy-booster-3-breathes-to-life-for-the-first-time-with-static-fire\/51323940505_4d62be6dce_o\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/default-spaceexplored-related-guide.png\" data-orig-size=\"1661,935\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"51323940505_4d62be6dce_o\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\n\n<p>SpaceX Booster 3 static fire test as viewed from the LabPadre Sapphire Cam. Credit: Louis Balderas Jr. \/ LabPadre<\/p>\n<p>&#8221; data-large-file=&#8221;https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/default-spaceexplored-related-guide.png?w=1024&#8243;><figcaption>\n\t\t\t\tSpaceX Booster 3 static fire test as viewed from the LabPadre Sapphire Cam. Credit: Louis Balderas Jr. \/ LabPadre\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SpaceX conducted the very first static fire test of a Super Heavy Booster prototype on Monday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"more-16311\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The test marks a significant milestone, in not only the Starship development program, but also rocketry in general. This is the first time the most powerful rocket booster in history has fired its engines.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This was SpaceX\u2019s first Super Heavy Booster to actually roll down Highway 4 to the launch pad for engine testing. The first booster prototype, BN1, was stacked as a production pathfinder in the High Bay then quickly scrapped back in March. It was followed by the BN2.1 cryo tank test in June.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Somewhere around this time, Elon Musk and SpaceX dropped the \u2018BN\u2019 or \u2018Booster Number\u2019 designations and simply began refering to BN3 as Booster 3.  This naming scheme appears to be the status quo going forward.<\/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-16311',\n\t\t\t\tsizes: [300, 250],\n\t\t\t\tslotPosition: 'mid_article'\n\t\t\t} );\n\t\t<\/script><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Booster 3, which rolled out to the launch site on July 1st, proved to follow a very similar flow of testing as the Starship upper stage prototypes. Testing began with ambient nitrogen gas pressure testing on July 8th, followed by liquid nitrogen cryogenic testing on July 12th. With 3 Raptor engines in place, a static fire was expected to take place last week, but slipped slightly over the weekend to today\u2019s test.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-super-heavy-booster-static-fire\">Super Heavy booster static fire<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image wp-block-image--obfuscated\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/default-spaceexplored-related-guide.png\" alt=\"Site default logo image\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At around 8:05 p.m. EST, Booster 3\u2019s three Raptor engines ignited. Elon Musk took to Twitter shortly after to confirm that the test was full-duration. A follow-up comment revealed that the company may attempt a nine engine static fire next, depending on progress with Booster 4.<\/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=NickyX15A&amp;dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1417280399097663492&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fspaceexplored.com%2F2021%2F07%2F19%2Fspacex-starship-super-heavy-booster-3-breathes-to-life-for-the-first-time-with-static-fire%2F&amp;sessionId=0f43d64cec9b52dd197992b7bc83f5a8e777c3d9&amp;siteScreenName=space_explored&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=6a3ad42b224df%3A1778106238597&amp;width=500px\" data-tweet-id=\"1417280399097663492\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" data-twitter-extracted-i1783320101335157147=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">SpaceX has just conducted a successful static fire test with their SuperHeavy booster prototype, there are 3 Raptors mounted on the vehicle and Elon has stated \u201cfull duration burn on all three engines.\u201d\ud83d\udd25\ud83d\ude80 pic.twitter.com\/gfZODLLxg8<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Austin Barnard\ud83d\ude80 (@austinbarnard45) July 20, 2021<\/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\">It is not believed that Booster 3 will make any kind of suborbital hop, as was the usual next step after static fires were completed for previous Starships. As such, once testing is completed with Booster 3, all eyes will turn to Booster 4; which is slated to loft Starship 20 on the much-anticipated first orbital flight test for the Starship program. A fitting number combination given the man in charge\u2019s sense of humor, don\u2019t you think?<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"enjoy-reading-space-explored\">Enjoy reading Space Explored?<\/h3>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Help others find us by following on <strong>Apple News<\/strong> and <strong>Google News<\/strong>. Be sure to check us out on YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram, join our Discord!<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Featured image credit: Louis Balderas Jr. \/ LabPadre<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"disclaimer-affiliate\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/unistellar-telescope.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17371\" width=\"750\" height=\"150\"><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22654","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22654"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22654"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22654\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}