CZ-2C fairing re-entry test 2021-07-26. BTW, there has been same tests since 2019, only video from 2021 was published.
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This is probably the least talked about feat in IFT-3: I was surprised they maintained that connection as Starship was enveloped in plasma.
If Starlink can get communications with space vehicles in re-entry plasma, one of the big uses for Starshield could be comms for military hypersonic vehicles since they face the same communication issues.
They might mention it in that video or I read it somewhere else, but the fact that Starship is so large helps reduce the exposure of the Starlink terminals to the effects of the plasma. A small object like a glide vehicle or some sort of aircraft might make that much more difficult.
EDIT: Though I do believe the Starlink terminals are covered with heatshields even though they reside on "top" of the Starship vehicle.
>However, it seems clear that DARPA, which has an annual budget of $4 billion, is seriously interested in lunar commercial activity. The areas of interest cited above are all important precursors for a sustained presence on the Moon. So if US companies can step forward with innovative solutions to these technical problems, federal dollars would likely become available, and we might really take some meaningful steps toward developing the Moon.
the areas were
- Centralized heating and cooling:
- Lunar prospecting.
- Silicon wafer manufacturing
- Microbial biomanufacturing.
- Low-gravity resource extraction.
- A lunar GPS system
Final Flight of the Delta IV!
Also, apparently Starship is undergoing further modifications that will increase its length to nearly 500ft and as much as 200t+ to low-earth orbit when fully reusable.
Also, apparently Starship is undergoing further modifications that will increase its length to nearly 500ft and as much as 200t+ to low-earth orbit when fully reusable.