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23,929 views • 6 months ago

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Ryan Hansen Space

69,776 views • 1 year ago

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28,796 views • 1 month ago

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A single gigawatt of orbital compute requires roughly 200 Starship launches and Elon Musk is not satisfied with gigawatts (Save this). The target is 100 gigawatts of orbital compute per year which means SpaceX is staring down a launch requirement that no organization in human history has ever attempted at anything close to that scale. He acknowledges that scaling to gigawatts per year in orbit is a very hard challenge, but then points to something most people have missed entirely, SpaceX has already demonstrated the foundational capability, because building and launching thousands of Starlink satellites per year is the same industrial problem applied to a different payload. When you understand the orbital compute satellite as a larger version of Starlink V3 with an Nvidia GPU rack at the center instead of a communications payload, the manufacturing and launch scaling challenge stops looking like science fiction and starts looking like a production ramp. The infrastructure to support that ramp is already being built. SpaceX is currently capacitizing for thousands of launches per year, two launch towers and pads in South Texas are operational, the first pad at Cape Canaveral is nearly complete, a second is on the way at Launch Complex 37, and additional locations are already in discussion. As the CFO says it "You need to have those cost curves as you ramp up in volume and time, your costs go down." The vision he describes for what this eventually enables is striking in its specificity. He imagines asking Grok a question on his phone, the inference running on an orbital compute satellite, and the answer coming back down through Starlink direct-to-cell, a complete AI query processed entirely in space, from prompt to response, without touching a single terrestrial data center. That moment, he says, is closer than the industry thinks, with initial capability demonstrations possible as soon as next year. The bottleneck that stands between now and that moment is not the satellite design, the cooling physics, or the silicon, all of which SpaceX has already worked through.

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67,868 views • 3 months ago

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57,369 views • 1 year ago

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Mario Nawfal

2,592,904 views • 11 months ago

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WATCH: SpaceX released a documentary of Elon Musk walking its new Louisiana spaceport. It is the first time SpaceX has shown the site up close, with Elon Musk on the ground in the Gulf Coast marshes of Vermilion Parish, just south of Pecan Island. The message is that SpaceX is ready to build at scale. The company knows how to make rockets, make them fast and fly them thousands of times. As the video put it, "none of that matters if you don't have a place to do it." Louisiana is that place. This was not a quick decision. SpaceX says it spent about seven years searching for a high-rate launch site. There are only a few spots on Earth where you can fly a fully reusable Starship thousands of times a year. This plan has been in the works for a long time. Musk is committed. He went to the site himself and laid out the vision in person. He said the spaceport will bring "10,000 really exciting jobs to Louisiana." The state counts 3,000 of those as direct jobs. At Starbase in Texas, 70 percent of the workforce is local. SpaceX expects the same here. Source: SpaceX documentary with Elon Musk

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26,676 views • 19 days ago

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Now that Starship Flight 12 is completed, how did the new V3 Booster performance compare to the older Flight 11 V2 Booster and did the redesign, higher TWR and flight path management really make a big difference? I thought we would look at one aspect of the Booster design to help answer this question, specifically how well the new design reduces gravity losses during the launch to hot staging portion of flight. Come alone with me for a simplified aerodynamics & rocket engineering discussion and then do a direct performance comparison using video clips from the SpaceX live streams. My intent is to help appreciate some of the effort the engineers have put into the new V3 booster and Raptor engine designs to increase the capabilities of the Starship system and greatly increase the payload to orbit potential of Starship. Obviously there are many other considerations (it is rocket science), but I hope you find this helpful.

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35,659 views • 3 months ago

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GET THIS CLOSE TO STARSHIP AT STARBASE AS PUBLIC VIEWS BLOW MINDS Down at Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas, you can literally park roadside and watch SpaceX history unfold feet away, no VIP pass needed. Folks are pulling up to see Ship 34 (S34) getting hauled to the pad for the next Integrated Flight Test, towering over the horizon like a sci-fi beast ready to conquer Mars. These monsters, Starship stacked on Super Heavy—are the biggest, most powerful rockets ever built, designed for full reusability and multiplanetary life. S34's the latest prototype pushing boundaries with improved heat shields, engine upgrades, and that signature Raptor roar waiting to light up the sky. Elon's turned a sleepy beach town into the epicenter of humanity's future, letting anyone with a car witness feats of engineering that were dreams just years ago. From static fires to orbital attempts, Starbase is where it happens, open to the public, raw and real. No gates, no barriers everyone. f you're chasing the stars, road trip to Texas. The view's will be worth it every time. Source: Mark Federschmidt SpaceX

Mario Nawfal

38,681 views • 8 months ago

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GOOD NEWS 🚨 SpaceX has officially announced plans for a monumental new spaceport called Starbase Louisiana, and it looks like it is going to be one hell of a launch site 🚀 Representing a staggering investment of over $100 billion, this massive facility will span roughly 125,000 acres of coastal marshland in Vermilion Parish near Pecan Island, about 50 miles south of Lafayette. This project is fundamentally designed from day one to be the largest spaceport on Earth. At full buildout, the campus is expected to feature five launch complexes with two pads each, eventually hosting more than a dozen launch towers. Elon Musk confirmed that the facility is built to handle an unprecedented launch cadence of more than 30 Starship flights per day, meaning it could eventually support thousands of spaceflights a year. To realistically sustain that kind of rapid-fire launch schedule, Starbase Louisiana will operate as a fully self-sustaining mega-hub. The site will feature its own on-site propellant production and storage farms, dedicated power generation, deep-water shipping capabilities, vehicle processing facilities, and a private airport. SpaceX is even planning to construct residential housing directly on the sprawling campus for employees and their families. Construction on the new site is slated to begin in 2027, with the highly ambitious goal of launching the first Starship from the Louisiana Gulf Coast as early as 2029. The economic impact will be massive, initially creating over 3,000 direct, permanent jobs with an average annual salary of around $92,600. When factoring in indirect employment, the total number of jobs created is expected to easily push past the 10,000 mark. Beyond the aerospace infrastructure, SpaceX is making major commitments to environmental conservation in an area where the local shoreline currently erodes between 3.3 and 23 feet per year. The company is actively partnering with state and federal agencies to build wave-reducing breakwaters, rebuild thousands of acres of marshland using dredged sediment, and rigorously preserve the high-value coastal habitat for migratory birds and local wildlife. For space enthusiasts, the best part might just be the access. Instead of a locked-down industrial zone, Elon Musk explicitly promised that Starbase Louisiana will be designed with a visitor experience in mind, allowing the public to come out and watch these massive Starships fly, much like the legendary setup at Cape Canaveral.

Ming

14,243 views • 19 days ago

🚨🇺🇸 SpaceX just rolled out a complete overhaul with Starship V3, the version Elon believes will actually work. Almost every major system on the vehicle has been redesigned from the ground up. Key changes debuting with V3: -Engines: Full design overhaul of the Raptor engines powering both Super Heavy and the Starship spacecraft -Fins: Alterations to the "gridfins" that guide the booster during landing -Hot-staging: Reworked hardware at the booster-ship separation point for better mid-flight protection -Fuel line: Redesigned "fuel transfer tube" enabling all 33 engines to ignite simultaneously and faster -Thermal protection: Large shrouds covering Raptor engines removed and replaced with targeted shielding -Propulsion system: Completely reimagined Starship spacecraft propulsion with larger propellant tanks -Satellite dispenser: New actuators and inverters increasing deployment speed for each satellite -Docking mechanism: New cone-shaped "docking drogues" for in-orbit Starship-to-Starship docking and propellant transfer That last piece is the most important. On-orbit refueling is the holy grail that makes deep space travel possible. Once Starships can dock and refuel each other in space, the moon becomes a weekend trip and Mars becomes a real destination. V3 is the architectural beginning of an interplanetary transit system. Source: NSF - NASASpaceflight.com SpaceX
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🚨🇺🇸 SpaceX just rolled out a complete overhaul with Starship V3, the version Elon believes will actually work. Almost every major system on the vehicle has been redesigned from the ground up. Key changes debuting with V3: -Engines: Full design overhaul of the Raptor engines powering both Super Heavy and the Starship spacecraft -Fins: Alterations to the "gridfins" that guide the booster during landing -Hot-staging: Reworked hardware at the booster-ship separation point for better mid-flight protection -Fuel line: Redesigned "fuel transfer tube" enabling all 33 engines to ignite simultaneously and faster -Thermal protection: Large shrouds covering Raptor engines removed and replaced with targeted shielding -Propulsion system: Completely reimagined Starship spacecraft propulsion with larger propellant tanks -Satellite dispenser: New actuators and inverters increasing deployment speed for each satellite -Docking mechanism: New cone-shaped "docking drogues" for in-orbit Starship-to-Starship docking and propellant transfer That last piece is the most important. On-orbit refueling is the holy grail that makes deep space travel possible. Once Starships can dock and refuel each other in space, the moon becomes a weekend trip and Mars becomes a real destination. V3 is the architectural beginning of an interplanetary transit system. Source: NSF - NASASpaceflight.com SpaceX

Mario Nawfal

152,934 views • 3 months ago

Coming to SpaceX StarbaseTX for Flight 12? Well, there are new public access restrictions you need to be aware of that have recently been put into place. All of the area behind (south) of the launch site, including the mud flats and most of the sand dunes are now off limits, which is a big departure from what we have been used to for the previous 11 Flights and before that too. There are new signs and roped off areas, part of both the expansion and construction at the launch site and a wildlife/bird refuge that extends throughout this area. Also, some new restrictions as to where you can park and observe ship and booster rollout operations. The most important thing to keep in mind is follow the instructions you are given by the county Sherrif and the City of Starbase security personnel and do not cross into private or protected areas. Starbase is a very special place that is unlike any other in the world, but over time, there will be more and more restrictions to what you are able to see and do. As always, I recommend you come here sooner than later before we lost all access. I hope this public service announcement is helpful!
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Coming to SpaceX StarbaseTX for Flight 12? Well, there are new public access restrictions you need to be aware of that have recently been put into place. All of the area behind (south) of the launch site, including the mud flats and most of the sand dunes are now off limits, which is a big departure from what we have been used to for the previous 11 Flights and before that too. There are new signs and roped off areas, part of both the expansion and construction at the launch site and a wildlife/bird refuge that extends throughout this area. Also, some new restrictions as to where you can park and observe ship and booster rollout operations. The most important thing to keep in mind is follow the instructions you are given by the county Sherrif and the City of Starbase security personnel and do not cross into private or protected areas. Starbase is a very special place that is unlike any other in the world, but over time, there will be more and more restrictions to what you are able to see and do. As always, I recommend you come here sooner than later before we lost all access. I hope this public service announcement is helpful!

Joe Tegtmeyer 🚀 🤠🛸😎

73,174 views • 3 months ago

NEW: The All-In Podcast praises Elon Musk and SpaceX for successfully catching the massive Starship booster and projects that Starlink could easily surpass 100 million subscribers. "SpaceX has dramatically reduced the costs per kilogram to launch material into low-earth orbit." "Elon's always said that $1000 a kilogram is too high, and his objective is to get the cost down to $10 a kilogram." "It was critical to be able to reuse that heavy booster, and that's what Elon just demonstrated. So you can actually catch that heavy booster, refuel it, and launch it an hour later." "If you can do that over and over again, you're spending $10 a kilogram to put material into space. You can get fuel into space and then get those Starships to fly off to Mars and deliver all this material, including setting up a base that would allow you to actually make more fuel on Mars." "So it's the beginning of the next series of really important milestones that will hopefully get humanity to Mars. It was so amazing to see it come together. The economics are legit. This is like a 1000x reduction in cost." "Starlink is running like 4 million subs right now at $100 a month." "If we can get satellite to phone and Starlink more broadly available, this could be a 100 million subscriber business."
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NEW: The All-In Podcast praises Elon Musk and SpaceX for successfully catching the massive Starship booster and projects that Starlink could easily surpass 100 million subscribers. "SpaceX has dramatically reduced the costs per kilogram to launch material into low-earth orbit." "Elon's always said that $1000 a kilogram is too high, and his objective is to get the cost down to $10 a kilogram." "It was critical to be able to reuse that heavy booster, and that's what Elon just demonstrated. So you can actually catch that heavy booster, refuel it, and launch it an hour later." "If you can do that over and over again, you're spending $10 a kilogram to put material into space. You can get fuel into space and then get those Starships to fly off to Mars and deliver all this material, including setting up a base that would allow you to actually make more fuel on Mars." "So it's the beginning of the next series of really important milestones that will hopefully get humanity to Mars. It was so amazing to see it come together. The economics are legit. This is like a 1000x reduction in cost." "Starlink is running like 4 million subs right now at $100 a month." "If we can get satellite to phone and Starlink more broadly available, this could be a 100 million subscriber business."

KanekoaTheGreat

1,493,087 views • 1 year ago

Super Heavy + Starship is the largest and most powerful rocket system ever built. SpaceX has developed a fully reusable two-stage vehicle that significantly exceeds all previous rockets in height, thrust, and payload capacity. The design combines extreme scale with the goal of rapid reusability, something no other launch system has achieved at this level. This architecture is intended to support much higher launch cadence and entirely new classes of missions that were previously impractical. • Height: 121 meters when stacked, taller than any rocket ever flown • Thrust: Super Heavy produces over 16.5 million pounds of thrust at liftoff using 33 Raptor engines • Upper stage: Starship is powered by six Raptor engines and designed for orbital refuelling, reentry, and precise landing • Payload: Can deliver more than 100 metric tons to low Earth orbit in fully reusable configuration • Reusability: Both stages are built for multiple flights, with the booster targeted for tower catch recovery • Mission scope: Enables large satellite constellations, sustained lunar logistics, and cargo transport to Mars • Development impact: Forces the entire industry to rethink what is possible in terms of launch scale and cost This vehicle is the foundation for making humanity multiplanetary. Its success will determine how quickly large-scale space infrastructure can be built and how soon sustained operations beyond Earth become realistic.
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Super Heavy + Starship is the largest and most powerful rocket system ever built. SpaceX has developed a fully reusable two-stage vehicle that significantly exceeds all previous rockets in height, thrust, and payload capacity. The design combines extreme scale with the goal of rapid reusability, something no other launch system has achieved at this level. This architecture is intended to support much higher launch cadence and entirely new classes of missions that were previously impractical. • Height: 121 meters when stacked, taller than any rocket ever flown • Thrust: Super Heavy produces over 16.5 million pounds of thrust at liftoff using 33 Raptor engines • Upper stage: Starship is powered by six Raptor engines and designed for orbital refuelling, reentry, and precise landing • Payload: Can deliver more than 100 metric tons to low Earth orbit in fully reusable configuration • Reusability: Both stages are built for multiple flights, with the booster targeted for tower catch recovery • Mission scope: Enables large satellite constellations, sustained lunar logistics, and cargo transport to Mars • Development impact: Forces the entire industry to rethink what is possible in terms of launch scale and cost This vehicle is the foundation for making humanity multiplanetary. Its success will determine how quickly large-scale space infrastructure can be built and how soon sustained operations beyond Earth become realistic.

Joe Hansen

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Canada's first orbital-class rocket engine is now being manufactured! Our patent pending Hadfield-150 engine is the largest and most powerful rocket engine ever built in Canada, and the first known Canadian orbital-class engine to make it to this stage. The Hadfield-150 builds on everything we learned after years of painstakingly designing, manufacturing, and testing the Hadfield-10 series, our first regeneratively cooled and additively manufactured liquid rocket engine. Every engine test, both successful and unsuccessful on our Darkhorse test stand at Area 66, retired risk that's now carried straight into Hadfield-150 and sovereign orbital launch for Canada. A few details about the Hadfield-150 engine series: ✅ Designed to power Tundra and Tundra+, our light and medium-lift launch vehicles, and built to scale to Tempest, our larger reusable medium lift vehicle ✅ Manufactured entirely in-house, from design to print to test, for true sovereign launch capability ✅ Produced at Rocket Factory 1, on our expanding fleet of metal additive manufacturing systems at the AMA Lab, including the largest known metal 3D printer in Canada ✅ Designed for reusability and medium-lift scale from the outset, and built to significantly cut the time, infrastructure, manufacturing and cost iterative engine testing usually requires, with room to scale to even larger engines by leveraging the same design ✅ Capable of engine-out functionality, so losing one on an early flight doesn't have to mean losing the mission ✅ Optimized for Canada's Launch the North initiative, to deliver sovereign operational capability in a time and cost efficient manner Initial testing starts later this year at our new Blackhawk orbital engine test cell at Area 66, our private test range in Ontario. Stacked, integrated vehicle testing comes later at the Atlantic Spaceport Complex, our spaceport in Newfoundland and Labrador. Stay tuned for some exciting and fiery milestones ahead! 🚀🇨🇦 National Defence Defence Research and Development Canada Canadian Space Agency Transport Canada NGen Canada
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Canada's first orbital-class rocket engine is now being manufactured! Our patent pending Hadfield-150 engine is the largest and most powerful rocket engine ever built in Canada, and the first known Canadian orbital-class engine to make it to this stage. The Hadfield-150 builds on everything we learned after years of painstakingly designing, manufacturing, and testing the Hadfield-10 series, our first regeneratively cooled and additively manufactured liquid rocket engine. Every engine test, both successful and unsuccessful on our Darkhorse test stand at Area 66, retired risk that's now carried straight into Hadfield-150 and sovereign orbital launch for Canada. A few details about the Hadfield-150 engine series: ✅ Designed to power Tundra and Tundra+, our light and medium-lift launch vehicles, and built to scale to Tempest, our larger reusable medium lift vehicle ✅ Manufactured entirely in-house, from design to print to test, for true sovereign launch capability ✅ Produced at Rocket Factory 1, on our expanding fleet of metal additive manufacturing systems at the AMA Lab, including the largest known metal 3D printer in Canada ✅ Designed for reusability and medium-lift scale from the outset, and built to significantly cut the time, infrastructure, manufacturing and cost iterative engine testing usually requires, with room to scale to even larger engines by leveraging the same design ✅ Capable of engine-out functionality, so losing one on an early flight doesn't have to mean losing the mission ✅ Optimized for Canada's Launch the North initiative, to deliver sovereign operational capability in a time and cost efficient manner Initial testing starts later this year at our new Blackhawk orbital engine test cell at Area 66, our private test range in Ontario. Stacked, integrated vehicle testing comes later at the Atlantic Spaceport Complex, our spaceport in Newfoundland and Labrador. Stay tuned for some exciting and fiery milestones ahead! 🚀🇨🇦 National Defence Defence Research and Development Canada Canadian Space Agency Transport Canada NGen Canada

NordSpace 🇨🇦

27,748 views • 2 months ago