Starship Ship 24 is installed on Superheavy Booster 7. published Twitter is at SpaceX.
The video was filmed from a flying drone and was quickly broadcast. The Starship was lifted by the Mechazilla turret by the rocket’s aerodynamic control surfaces with the help of “chopsticks” – massive mechanized manipulators. This method makes it possible to quickly and easily lift the rocket and does not require the installation of special steel “ears” for hanging a crane or winding it with a cable. Also, according to Elon Musk’s plans, the Starship will land directly on the “sticks”, which allows you to get rid of the landing legs and quickly return the rocket to the thruster to relaunch.
It’s unclear exactly what the rocket is powered for at the moment, but Elon Musk has previously tweeted that an orbital launch in March is “highly likely”.
Starship is a next generation super heavy reusable rocket. The Superheavy will be capable of launching about 100 tons of payload into Earth orbit using its first stage, but its main feature should be suitability for orbital refueling. After the launch of the main rocket, a similar Starship will enter orbit, but without a payload adapted to carry fuel. It will pump fuel and oxidizer, land on the launch pad, refuel, and return to orbit until the main rocket’s tanks are full. After that, with a payload, it can go to the Moon or the planets of the solar system. It was the Starship chosen by NASA as the means of landing astronauts on the moon as part of the Artemis program.
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