New glenn launching an experimental RUSSLE (Reusable Upper Stage Space Launch Experiment) mission to study ascent and reentry of a basic reusable upper stage
This would be a very sad outcome like a year ago with how awful EUS was panning out to be, but now that its with an SLS rocket thats actually not that bad and hopefully with a better cadence increase as Artemis 2-3 is starting to show.. its not that bad of an outcome
This HAS to go well or Vulcan Is basically dead in the water against its own competitor it was supposed to wipe the floor with.
Wishing good luck
The launch of a United Launch Alliance Vulcan VC6L rocket carrying the next batch of production satellites for @AmazonLeo, Vulcan Leo 1, is planned for Friday, Nov. 13, pending range approval. bit.ly/vulcan_leo1
so based on what telemtry shows, its seems the Booster runs 250tf on ascent and 230~ for boostback and the ship seems to be running 230 on ascent? so theoretically if they can get Raptor 3 to 250 reliably then they can increase payload margins even more than the definite over 70t they have right now
Starship landing at LO P-2, this ship functions purely as an escape vehicle in the event of an emergency which is why it has flaps and a heat shield, so it can return to Earth without crew Swapping
I genuinely refuse to believe this, V3 ships TWR is so much higher than V2 despite it being a heavier vehicle and let alone Boosters ascent through and through seems to match a 250tf mark AND SpaceX revealed the 250tf number wayyyyy after Raptor 3 was getting into flight qual tests
Genuinely either Elon is being Elon with Raptor again (like calling Raptor 2 Raptor 3) or SpaceX has been actively lying about Raptor 3s thrust since flight 12 and Elon accidentally told their secret




























