SpaceX just lifted S28 on pad for Today's FIRING, B10 Back production and more...

it happened after more than a week of being stacked together and encountering setbacks in two wet dress rehearsal attempts Starship s28 was destacked from booster B10 why did this occur and what happens next on February 8th and the 10th booster B10 and ship 28 were respectively rolled to the Launchpad following this the full stack process took place on February 11th in preparation for the crucial final test the wet dress rehearsal this marked the First full stack of the two stages intended for the upcoming Starship flight 3 occurring 85 days after Flight 2 following the full stack process SpaceX promptly initiated wet dress rehearsal tests however despite two attempts on February 14th and the 16th these tests were unable to be completed successfully in both instances the fuel loading process on Starship and super heavy occurred accompanied by robust venting processes from the Prototype launch Tower and tank farm Frost lines even became visible at both stages during testing unfortunately both tests were aborted relatively quickly and the primary cause remains undisclosed the similarities in outcomes between the two test attempts suggest that the SpaceX team will require additional time to assess the hardware system before proceeding with the next test additionally with only one major road closure date scheduled for February 20th it's unlikely that the next wet dress rehearsal attempt will take place on this day or even within this month this became even more apparent after the daack process on February 18th at approximately 9:28 a.m. CST where ship QD disconnected and retracted from ship 28 Crews were then elevated by the elevator to disconnect the remaining systems after several hours of work the D stack process commenced around 12:30 CST and lasted about 30 minutes the Chopstick hoisted s28 and gently lowered it from a height of dozens of meters to the ground adjacent to the launch Mount following standard procedure meanwhile it's counterpart B10 remains positioned on the launch Mount unlike the brief daack on February 12th this daack is anticipated to endure for many days perhaps even several weeks as SpaceX undertakes numerous tasks related to the prototypes recently SpaceX had another brief road closure scheduled for February 20th from 12: to 3:00 a.m. with such a limited time frame SpaceX typically transports prototypes within the Starbase facility now that s28 has been destacked from B10 it's possible that this road closure schedule will facilitate the movement of s28 and B10 so where will they be relocated around 741 CST on February 19th s28 was relocated and approximately 2 hours later it arrived D at pad B preparing to undergo static fire tests this is due to space access replacement of the old engines with new ones on s28 on February 1st as a result these engines have not yet undergone static fire testing since installation this step is crucial to ensuring the reliability of the Raptor engine during flight s28 will undergo its third static fire test or possibly more following previous tests conducted on December 20th and the 29th of last year meanwhile at the olm around 1048 CST the Chopstick was raised and secured onto booster B10 this suggests that moves related to the booster may be imminent additionally both s28 and B10 may be transported to the production site for Hardware review before being returned to the olm to complete the wetus rehearsal test during this period stage zero will likely undergo further testing as evidenced by the recent relocation of two additional vertical tanks near near the horizontal tank in the tank farm if all goes according to plan we can anticipate the full stack process to be repeated in the coming weeks to complete the full wet dress rehearsal test this step is crucial before SpaceX can confidently proceed with launching their massive rocket into orbit wet dress rehearsals are as vital as any other key tests such as static fire tests tanking tests and water deluche system tests they allow SpaceX to inspect the Rockets Hardware when loaded with cryogenic fuel Fu ensuring everything operates smoothly on launch day thus SpaceX needs to make many important preparations ahead that means SpaceX vice president Jessica Jensen's estimation of getting the faa's launch license in February probably won't happen even musk's tweet on February 12th about launching Starship in about 3 weeks seems highly unlikely but anyway in the Tweet musk also said we have to wait for a few more test flights before hopping on board currently we're in the second half of February so everything will probably need to wait until next month or so for progress on the testing process as well as more updates on the launch schedule from SpaceX and the Federal Aviation Administration besides the Starship the Aerospace Community is also paying a lot of attention to the im1 mission that was launched by spacex's Falcon 9 a few days ago in updates on the 15th and 16th of February intuitive machines confirmed that the spacecraft was in excellent Health with only a few minor errors related to the star tracker data system but it was soon fixed on the 17th IM released the images of the im1 mission transmitted back to Earth a day before it is the first image of the spacecraft after separation from the SpaceX falcon9 second stage with the Earth in the background next on February 18th IM continued to provide additional notable updates specifically they confirmed that adicus continues to be in excellent condition and flight controllers are preparing planned trajectory correction Maneuvers to prepare the Lander for lunar orbit insertion company flight controller teams have been learning more about the Lander and how to efficiently fly the mission to return the US to the surface of the Moon meanwhile payload integration managers programmed the Lander's wide and narrow field of view cameras to take five quick images every 5 minutes for 2 hours starting 100 second after separating from spacex's second stage notably the aformentioned four Images transmitted on February 16th hm they said five quick images every 5 minutes but here we have only four where's that fifth image I wonder conspiracy theorists let me know your thoughts in the comment section down below with the current status I am expect to execute lunar orbit insertion on the 21st with a lunar Landing opportunity on the afternoon of the 22nd the landing process will be live streamed on the intuitive machines im1 Mission web page and will announce the exact Landing time as soon as Colombia sportsware takes over the exterior of sphere in Las Vegas to showcase the RO Omni heat Infinity technology is playing in the im1 mission flight controllers are preparing planned trajectory correction Maneuvers to prepare the Lander for lunar orbit insertion intuitive machines will continue to update the status of im1 at least once a day and we will follow and mention this in the next episode meanwhile in recent days another American Aerospace company rocket lab has also made notable leaps on February 18th at 9:52 a.m. eastern an electron rocket carrying an ad r-j satellite made by Japanese company Astros scale lifted off from rocket Labs New Zealand launch site the electron successfully deployed its payload about 600 km or 373 MI above Earth around 1 hour and 5 minutes after liftoff rocket lab CEO Peter Beck then confirmed on X 100% Mission success big day for the GNC or guidance navigation and control team with perfect argument of per G targeting with two precise cury Burns in quick secession to allow for astroscale HQ to rendevu the mission dubbed on closer inspection is rocket lab's 44th Mission overall and its second of 2024 the first flight 2024 was successfully launched on January 31st which rocket lab recovered the electron first stage from the sea as part of its ongoing effort to make the booster reusable however in the recent Mission the rocket recovery attempt was not performed meanwhile the flight's payload the ad s-j which is short for active debris removal by astroscale Japan weighs about 150 kgs and is designed to inspect a large piece of space junk a defunct Japanese h2a rocket stage in low earth orbit in the future it will try to make progress in Humanity's fight against space junk a problem that continues to grow as we launch more and more satellites into orbit in fact adras s-j was completed last fall and planned to launch in November of 2023 but was delayed by electron launch failure in September of 2023 but it seems everything has been resolved and Rocket lab is expected to take stronger steps this year in 2023 they only launched nine missions with eight being successful in 2024 they plan to launch up to 22 electron missions with the success of its first two flights this company is poised to take significant strides in competing with numerous emerging heavyweight competitors this year well folks that's about it for today's episode thank you so much for tuning in and as always this is Kevin from great SpaceX and until next time keep looking up