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spacex / t-mobile partnership

On Thursday, August 25 at Starbase, SpaceX Chief Engineer Elon and T-Mobile CEO and President Mike Sievert provided a public update announcing how T-Mobile and SpaceX will work together to increase connectivity.

Spacex starship update

Elon Musk provides an update with the latest developments & plans for their newest, upcoming super-heavy fully-reusable rocket ship, Starship. If you're willing to watch the whole presentation. I recommend grabbing some food & drink, sit back & relax.

chopstick / catcharms

A timelapse of the catch arms / chopsticks raising Ship 20 onto Booster 4 from the integration tower. A first of its kind. Will act to also catch Starships & Boosters for fast reintegration on to the Orbital Launch Pad.

Raptor 2 testing

Here we see a test to one of SpaceX's latest closed loop, full-flow staged combustion cycle, Methane powered engine, Raptor 2. More refined & improved over the last generation design of Raptor.

integration

An aerial drone shot view provided by Elon, partially showing the launch tower's chopsticks lifting & then positioning on to the first stage booster.

Stacked Starship B4 & S20.

fully stacked starship

This is what the final configuration will look just before a launch. Here's some of what's involved.

  • LIT & GSE (Launch Integration Tower & Ground Support Equipment) - Stage Zero

  • Starship Lower Stage Booster (First Stage)

  • Starship Upper Stage (Second Stage)

  • Quick Disconnects for both Booster & Upper Stage

  • Stack Stabilizer (As part of Upper Stage QD)

  • Catch Arms / Chopsticks (Used for lifting & catching ships & boosters)

  • Propellant (Liquid Methane, Liquid Oxygen, Liquid Helium)

  • 39 Total Raptor Engines (33 SeaVac for Booster, 3 RVac/3/SeaVac for Ship)