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News hardware & software 30 March 2021, 16:42

Let's Watch the Launch of Starship SN11 [UPDATE - EXPLODED]

Elon Musk's next spacecraft prototype, Starship SN11, is scheduled to launch today. Will everything go according to plan this time? Check the broadcast schedule.

Update

All indications are that unfortunately SN11, too, has exploded. It happened most probably during the approach to landing. Dense fog made it very difficult to observe, but during the transmission we could see a sudden flash of orange light and a few seconds after that fragments of the prototype started hitting the ground around the launch platform. Elon Musk did not fail to comment on another SpaceX rocket explosion:

A video in which you can hear the rumble of the explosion:

Original message

Elon Musk's Starship program hasn't had much luck so far. Almost all of the spacecraft prototypes to date have not completed the test flight as planned. Only the last flight of SN10 went without any major problems. It even managed to land, but only to explode a few minutes later. This time, Starship SN11's turn is up, and its task is to reach an altitude of 10 km, and then safely touch down. The launch is scheduled for March 30, 2021, and the transmission begins already at 6 am PT. Will we avoid an unscheduled disassembly of the ship this time?

Previously, the launch was already planned for March 26, but due to unfavorable weather conditions it was postponed to March 29. However, it was postponed again one day later. The reason? An FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) inspector failed to arrive at the site, as Musk announced on Twitter (and as Internet users commented on in their usual manner):

Let's hope everything goes according to plan this time and the Starship SN11 prototype does its job without exploding on us.

Arkadiusz Strzala

Arkadiusz Strzala

His adventure in writing began with his own blog and contributing to one of the early forums (in the olden days of Wireless Application Protocol). An electrical engineer by profession, he has a passion for technology, constructing and, of course, playing computer games. He has been a newsman and writer for Gamepressure since April 2020. He specializes in energy and space tech. However, he does not shy away from more relaxed matters every now and then. He loves watching science-fiction movies and car channels on YouTube. He mainly plays on the PC, although he has modest console experience too. He prefers real-time strategies, FPS and all sorts of simulators.

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