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Gracias por estar siempre ahí ❤️
Some LC-36 updates. Now that we’ve had access to the pad and integration facility we can share a bit of good news. The propellant farm, oxygen, liquid hydrogen and LNG tanks are all in good shape. This is good luck because these are very long lead items. The water tower is also good. The big support tower is damaged, but it can be repaired in place rather than torn down and replaced. The booster “Never Tell Me The Odds” and the three GS-2s that were onsite in the integration facility also look good.
I���ve seen some speculation that we might move directly to the 9x4 configuration, but we won’t do that. Rate manufacturing of 7x2 is going well, and we’re going to continue that at pace as planned and store the stages for use. In addition, we had already been working for some time on eliminating our transporter-erector in favor of an alternative vertical conop, and we’ll now go directly to that; so we don’t need a new transporter-erector.
We will fly again before the end of this year. Gradatim Ferociter.
🚀 We have increased our investment in the MIURA 5 Launch Complex at the Guiana Space Centre (CSG) to €35M.
This milestone makes PLD Space the first private operator to invest at this scale at the ELM-Diamant site, contributing to the evolution of Europe's historic spaceport.
At the same time, construction activities at the site continue to progress, with civil works now entering their final phase and completion expected this summer.
More details👇
https://t.co/HsrhIDF3fS
📸 Images of the MIURA 5 Launch Complex at CSG courtesy of @CNES
El CEO de Blue Origin dice que ya tienen un buen plan para reconstruir la plataforma y que los trabajos empezarán enseguida. Siguen sin saber la causa exacta de la explosión.
We have regained some access to Launch Complex 36 and are actively investigating the hotfire anomaly. We will start clearing the pad soon and have a good rebuild plan in place. The booster and GS2s in the integration facility appear healthy from quick looks.
We go where we need to be, and today that was @NASAKennedy.
Some of my senior engineers and I spent time at @blueorigin with @JeffBezos and @davill, speaking with the workforce and seeing the damage at LC-36 firsthand. I appreciated the opportunity to hear directly from those working through the aftermath and better understand the challenges ahead.
There is a lot of work to do, but this is exactly why people choose careers in aerospace, whether at NASA, Blue Origin, or across the industry. The talent in this field thrives under pressure and performs at its best when solving the toughest problems.
We have been saying for months at NASA that we are not going to sit on our hands and wait for the capabilities necessary to achieve the nation’s most pressing objectives. We are going to take an active role alongside our partners, just as we did in the 1960s, to overcome setbacks, remove obstacles, and deliver the intended outcomes.
@NASA is committed to helping the Blue team recover, continue to advance their lunar lander and get New Glenn back to launching as soon as safely possible.
America’s greatest achievements in space were never the result of avoiding setbacks. They came from overcoming them. We have done it before, and we will do it again🇺🇸
120 miles away.
That's the distance between Tampa and the New Glenn explosion in this video.
Yet the blast was still visible across Florida's night sky.
Moments like this remind you just how powerful modern rockets are. * *
Would you have guessed this was filmed that far away?
#NewGlenn #BlueOrigin #Space
Correcto, las explosiones están a la orden del día, sí. Y el dinero no es problema. Pero reconstruir toda la infraestructura de lanzamiento es una liada mucho mas gorda que hacer otro cohete. Por eso es tan importante la frase de “el cohete ha despejado la plataforma” durante el lanzamiento
QUEEEE?????? El New Glenn acaba de explotar de forma violentísima en la plataforma de lanzamiento. Dios mio, esto es histórico para mal y va a tener afectaciones directas en los planes de Artemis. Estoy en shock https://t.co/PtfNOxbwgb
Made a telemetry infographic for Starship Flight Test 12.
It shows a logarithmic plot of the flight trajectory from the launch pad to the splashdown in the Indian Ocean.
Interesting takeaways:
1. Due to one RVAC engine failure during ascent, Starship experienced a slight performance dip but was able to successfully recover and reach its target trajectory.
2. During peak heating on reentry, Starship performed a slight atmospheric skip (bounce) before fully diving in.