this video is sponsored by curiositystream hey hey marcus house with you here well this has been a
pretty exciting week with faa approval given sn 9's test plug campaign was go
for launch and that amazing moment full of excitement and bewilderment soon followed
really exciting news from spacex this week with the announcement that towards the end of the year
a falcon 9 is going to launch a fully commercial crude mission called inspiration 4 and it seems
that sirius xm7 has a serious problem with their orbital test not going to plan
so yes look i know it's taken a long time for sn9 to fly with a bunch of delays but
damn was it worth the wait remember all of these prototype flights are gearing up to that
ultimate goal of sending humans to mars there are always going to be a few stumbles along the way
very late in the evening on monday approval was finally gained so that spacex could proceed
with the launch they then began preparations for the local areas population to be evacuated on
tuesday ahead of potential flight attempts later in the day ending more than a week of delays and
a significant faa licensing issue so then that amazing launch day came with sn9 looking to match
the success of sn8's flight with the ultimate prize being a smooth touchdown on the landing pad
however that was not quite what we saw not that this will be news to anyone that follows spacex
closely but sn9 suffered a similar fate to its predecessor the flight itself performed flawlessly
for almost six and a half minutes before an engine reload issue led to a hard landing and
an energetic rapid unscheduled disassembly all was actually trending well for a 2pm launch however a
range violation delayed the launch to 24 minutes past the hour there it was the ignition and
gigantic plume of exhaust and dust sn9 gracefully lifted off the launch stand and rode the pillar
of fire with those three raptor engines flawlessly hurling the vehicle into the texas sky as starship
ascended one engine was shut down followed soon by the second that was normal of course and was
done to reduce the overall thrust to weight ratio as the tanks emptied out just like with sn8 once
it reached its maximum altitude of 10 kilometers which is just a little over six miles it hovered
for a short time completing a tank handoff where the raptor engine source of propellant
was transferred from the main tanks to the header tanks ready for that flip maneuver their reaction
control system started firing and aero surfaces started maneuvering into position to transition
the vehicle into that horizontal skydive position to complete the subsonic portion of the flight the
aft and forward flaps were then utilized to hold the vehicle's stability for a controlled descent
back to the landing site so as the starship approached the landing pad the intention was
that two of the raptors would fire up to bring sn9 back to its vertical position however this did
not go to plan as one of the two raptors failed to ignite correctly because that second engine failed
to light up the ship was not able to stop its rotation from belly flop to vertical which led the
vehicle losing control and crashing on its leeward side at around 200 kilometers per hour rgv aerial
photography planned a flyover as soon as the temporary flight restrictions ended providing the
community with stunning footage of the wreckage right after the event this is all due to the
support that you all provide on his youtube and patreon so thanks so much for allowing maruchio to
do what he does here the community i think would just be lost without these awesome perspectives
so yes as sn9 impacted the ground at a much higher velocity than sn8 the debris spread far and wide
now as it was only one raptor that failed to ignite with the other one providing good thrust
all the way to the ground we can assume that it was just an issue with that single raptor
and not a low pressure header tank issue as we saw with sn8 meaning that they hopefully
mitigated that specific issue now there is some info that we can take away from spacex's footage
here of the flip maneuver that could explain why that single engine failed to reignite
there's actually a couple of items that have been seen to be blown out of the skirt during
the flip but it's unknown at this point if that had anything to do with the landing failure itself
also we can actually see flames at the head of the engine that failed all in all though without any
solid proof from elon or spacex this is very much looking like an engine failing and coming apart as
we saw there with sn9 if one of the two raptors fail to ignite then there is no way to recover
which ultimately led to sn 9's failed landing just recently elon musk agreed with this and tweeted
that it would be foolish of them to not start three engines and then immediately shut down one
this would mean that if one fails that they still have the other two raptors to carry out the flip
maneuver and land successfully that decision would automatically be decided based on the available
data right after the relight he also added that if three engines are good then the engine with
the least lever arm would shut down now the lever arm in question is the relationship of the engines
to the vehicle and its direction of motion which in this case would be towards the ground brendan
created a diagram to explain this more clearly to which elon immediately gave the thumbs up on these
changes are going to be implemented into sn10s test flight and with that extra redundancy we hope
to see a successful landing next time as spacex's webcast host and engineer john in spruce noted by
the company's live coverage the primary purpose of sn9 was to gather as much data as possible
throughout the subsonic flight starship will need to be comfortable during this part of the flight
in order to reliably perform these unorthodox skydiver style landings thankfully there was no
damage to the tank farm either which should allow sn10 to continue through preparations to launch
later on this month hopefully this time the testing campaign is much more streamlined
compared to its two predecessors sn8 and sn9 who spent much more time on the pad than was really
expected things are looking better for sn10 which has already been obviously rolled to the pad and
has also undergone an ambient nitrogen test that verified that the vehicle is sound and leak-free
the ultimate hope of course is that sn10 will undergo a single static fire before its own flight
this however was also the plan for sn9 which ended up having multiple engine swaps and a total of six
static fires late on monday preparation for sn10s raptor installation was taking place with a single
raptor engine being moved to the pad sn10 also has a greater number of those thermal protection
system heat shield tiles than sn9 did as spacex works to gain even more data on the performance
during launch and landing now i just wanted to share with you a little teaser of this beautiful
video released this week by cosmic perspective on starship sn9s attempted landing this just blew me
away the quality of this and the music and emotion is just breathtaking it's all output in super high
resolution as well much higher than you're seeing here so do yourself a favor and check it out from
the link in the description and be sure to follow the team there as well there is a lot more footage
coming from cosmic perspective so over to news at the build site at present the entire section
of the booster number one's liquid oxygen tank has now been stacked this section here we see will be
stacked on top of the methane tank thank you as always to the incredible bokeh chicago with nasa
spaceflight capturing these details in between the excitement of course of the main flight
early in the week as well the common dome for this same booster prototype was moved outside
and then flipped to its correct orientation the massive 18 ring tall section that is currently
in the high bay will be stacked on top of this common dome to enclose and complete the liquid
oxygen tank section along with that its after dome was also rolled outside ready to be sleeved now in
the lead up to the flight we also saw sn 15's forward dome lifted into the mid bay which was
then stacked on top of its common dome we also saw this sleeving of an aft stone presumably we think
for sn16 its nose cone barrel was also spotted earlier in the week as well so to sum up of course
we have brendan's awesome diagram for the week showing all of these updates and more if you want
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so yes now we all await sn10 for our next fix for the starship flight the attention
has already shifted to this flight and the likelihood of a successful landing where sn8
and sn9 bit the dust that leads us to some new unbelievable work from neopork providing the most
detailed textured models there is a very good reason why i so frequently refer to the naked
starship renders such as this one we see here or some of the belly flop renders that just look so
realistic it is the closest thing to a real photograph that i have seen so far with all
of this crazy stuff rendered in autodesk maya for modelling arnold render for rendering images
and animations and also zed brush or z brush for organic modelling like rocks and creatures he is
a real pro at this too with experience in maya going back almost 15 years and zed brush for a
decade so yes until march of 2020 less than a year ago now he had never once modelled a rocket but
wow has that changed to what we see here now he had stumbled on and was inspired by the works
going on by rafael kimmy and casper stanley and then he was just hooked and since then
this has been the result the continuous series of beautiful artwork that we've been promoting here
on the channel ever since that time now he mostly enjoys the constant pursuit of realism and we can
really tell these realistic models of course are notoriously difficult because us humans are so
good at spotting things that look just a little too perfect or move in an unrealistic way over the
course of the year though it is getting harder and harder to distinguish these renders from
reality but as he says there is always a way to do better and take it one level higher so yes neopork
found this new inspiration as an artist for the very first time with this community and believe
me when i say you have inspired us mate not only that you've inspired a string of other artists to
follow in your passion he is also working on some really exciting new projects that he's pouring a
load of time into and also some new collaborative efforts with other artists that could turn out
to be pretty special so stay tuned for that by following his twitter and supporting via patreon
where you can i just can't wait to see what is coming the links to those are in the description
now some really exciting news from spacex this week as well with the announcement that towards
the end of this year a falcon 9 is going to launch a mission called inspiration 4.
this is going to be the very first time that a fully commercial mission is launched into orbit
by spacex commercial of course meaning that this is in no part a government mission this is going
to be for all commercial astronauts how cool is that now obviously in 2020 spacex enabled the
united states to again send humans back to space from american soil that is a big achievement of
its own and not to be downplayed but this new milestone will add a new feather to spacex's cap
with the founder and ceo of shift 4 payments jared isaacman to fly on board the crew dragon vessel
alongside him will be three seats to fill up as well he is actually going to be giving these
three places to people that will be selected and announced in weeks ahead there is more
information on how this will be selected on the inspiration4.com website where it says that
these spots are open to legal us residents 18 years and older now this really is the start of
what we are going to see more frequently loads of tourism missions heading up all the time not just
the lucky few government assigned astronauts the four crew once selected are going to be receiving
astronaut training by spacex themselves around the workings of the falcon 9 launch vehicle and
the crew dragon and that is going to also cover everything from operating in zero g orbital
mechanics and much much more there is a great deal to learn everything from using the spacesuits
emergency procedures and mission simulations what an incredible experience that this would be i just
can't wait to see who is selected for this flight all we really know at this stage about the mission
itself is that it's going to be multiple days and we can assume that it will be a typical low earth
orbit concluding the mission of course will be the epic earth reentry and water landing near
florida's coast now things are definitely ramping up for 2021 with spacex showing that they are
serious about achieving that 40 or more launches on february 3rd it looked like we were going
to see a double header styling mission just four hours apart with two separate launches but one was
obviously pushed back with the extra time needed to gather additional ground data instead we saw
a single starting mission with the 60 satellites there safely stowed away inside the fairings the
weather was perfect with this launch attempt and as if two starships side by side this week wasn't
enough just take a look at this picture here with pad 39a at kennedy space center occupied
as well so yes at t0 the nine merlin engines roared to life hoisting the vehicle skyward on
thursday february 4th at 1 19 am we saw there the main engine cut off the second stage separation
just beautiful views there of the second stage lighting up the first stage grid fins there
also great as well to see the telemetry readings for both stages one and two at the same time that
is a nice touch there that we haven't typically seen before i hope that that is going to become
a regular change now this was a tough landing too with elon tweeting here saying that it was
a tricky one due to high winds and seas all the same it was another perfect bullseye from the
falcon 9 booster terrific work there now back to the payload and there was a coast phase to
complete before a quick one second engine firing as it passed by my neighborhood here with tasmania
getting a quick mention from kate in the stream and there we go deployment there of the payload
in yet another seamless mission once again spacex making it look too easy when we know full well
that it is not now in conclusion to this segment i've just got to say wow here from
this breathtaking clip of the falcon 9 flying right through the view of the moon here now if
you are not subscribed to trevor here on youtube you are missing out there is huge preparation to
get a shot like this well done mate the link to that video is in the description go check it out
some news has emerged recently from sirius xm and maxar technologies the satellite launched by
spacex in december last year has encountered failures with some of the payload units during
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now as far as we know the issues with sirius xm7 has nothing to do with the performance of
the falcon 9 itself it seems instead like the satellite itself has had a failure
of the payload units the reason why this has happened or the extent of the damage is currently
unknown yet sirius xm hopes to be able to recover this satellite and continue operations the launch
itself was originally of course delayed from december 11th in 2020 and spacex sent sirius xm to
agi stationary orbit a few days later on the 13th this is just one of a pair of very high powered
digital audio radio satellites with xm8 set to launch later this year it was maxar technologies
who built the xm7 satellite so yes in no way have these issues been attributed to the spacex launch
vehicle in any way that performed its role perfectly so the issues are of course under
investigation but they're not going to impact the business operations or the other operational
satellites belonging to the company xm7 was meant to provide 15 years or more of serviceability
working in conjunction with the current fleet of sirius xm satellites this particular satellite
apparently had an insurance policy valued at 225 million dollars that not only included
the launch phase and the deployment but it also included the first entire year of operation that
just goes to show right there how expensive these satellites are just compare that for a
moment of the launch cost of the falcon 9 which last we heard sits at around 50 million dollars
when launched with a reused booster like this one was that means that the insurance policy alone
there is worth over four times the entire launch vehicle that seems pretty nuts to me i guess this
is a good reminder that insurance for not only the launch but the operational period is very
important so maxa have stated they're assisting sirius with investigations despite having already
handed over the satellite after launch we do hope that they find a way to salvage the situation and
can quickly determine what happened all while of course xm8 is still being built now we are huge
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