Space - Spacex, NASA, Rocket Lab
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US military taps Rocket Lab’s new Neutron launcher for ‘point to point’ cargo test flight in 2026
"This opportunity for the U.S. Air Force not only helps to advance space logistics, it also demonstrates a high degree of confidence by the DOD in Neutron’s capabilities."
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Successful launch, starship made it into their target trajectory in space.
Booster didn't make it - they tried a steep angle of descent and a hard burn - looked like issues with lighting the raptor enginers.
Starlink deploy didn't happenWaiting on re-entry. Big test coming up for renewed heat shield
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Scrubbed today. Ground systems.
SpaceX has officially scrubbed the launch of today's Starship Flight 10 launch due to a problem with ground support systems.
"Standing down from today's tenth flight of Starship to allow time to troubleshoot an issue with ground systems," SpaceX wrote in a status update on X.
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Pretty much a total success for SpaceX. Incredible to nail re-entry, even with so many tweaks to the rocket. This was a massive leap forward for re-usability, to go through an aggressive profile with missing heat shields drives confidence they will crackt his
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Looks like all objectives achieved. Re-entry followed by a landing burn and soft touchdown for Starship. Remarkable. Re-usability looks like it's here - now the question is how much refurbishment you need before re-launching.
Relighting in flight and on landing is bloody hard. This was a huge success for SpaceX.
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Just seen this posted on a local page of it
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@nzzp earlier this morning? Seen many others from other areas on SM.
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@taniwharugby said in Space - Spacex, NASA, Rocket Lab:
@nzzp earlier this morning? Seen many others from other areas on SM.
huh
I watched the launch yesterday - was at 1145 am NZT. Hence my question about whether this was an older launch they captured, or played with photo lighting.
Not major, cool images. That bridge is always striking - a good walk aroudn the loop too
