SpaceX Raptor V3 on Starship Flight 13 Landing: Why They Had to Start Over!

SpaceX Raptor V3 on Starship Flight 13 Landing: Why They Had to Start Over!
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SpaceX Raptor V3 on Starship Flight 13 Landing: Why They Had to Start Over
Engines have been a massive headache for SpaceX, stretching from Flight 12's drama right up to Flight 13's nail-biting pre-launch hurdles.
Now, though, SpaceX has earned the right to be proud as most of those terrifying gremlins are officially solved.
However, a few stubborn landing quirks still need ironing out to achieve absolute perfection.
Let's do a quick deep dive into what actually happened to the Super Heavy engines and Starship during this high-stakes flight on this episode of Great SpaceX.
SpaceX Raptor V3 on Starship Flight 13 Landing: Why They Had to Start Over
Let's do a quick deep dive into what actually happened to the Super Heavy engines in particular and Starship in general during this most recent, high-stakes flight.
Flight 13 was arguably SpaceX's ultimate mic-drop answer to its anxious fans and the broader aerospace community after months of rampant speculation.
And it totally promises to unlock even bigger, cooler prospects moving forward, so as a massive show of support for SpaceX and our channel, please hit subscribe if you haven't already to stay looped in on unexpected space news that none of us can predict.
The rock-solid foundation for that futuristic utopia always lies in relentless progress, and one of the absolute main characters in this flight is the engine.
I'm going to get straight to the point, because in this industry, we always have to find ways to hustle past problems instead of crying over spilled liquid oxygen.
SpaceX Raptor V3 on Starship Flight 13 Landing: Why They Had to Start Over
As we've talked about ad nauseam, the engine was the biggest disaster on Flight 12, especially on the booster side, which triggered a massive post-flight mishap investigation.
The FAA ultimately concluded the root cause was severe heat effects on propulsion system components during ascent alongside some wonky engine alarm system settings.
After the aggressive B20 hot-fire tests, it looked like the headache was cured, but the universe decided to laugh by throwing a curveball and aborting the very first launch attempt.
Right before the final July 24th launch window, SpaceX candidly revealed a moody little issue with the turbopumps.
Clearly, SpaceX rolled into Flight 13 carrying some serious baggage and anxiety regarding the Super Heavy's Raptor engines, especially since they didn't even get a final static fire to ease nerves.
Therefore, despite a bunch of clever engineering upgrades, some distinctly weird behavior regarding the booster engines popped up again this time around.
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