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Re: Reading the headlines, I would have no idea what happened yesterday at the SpaceX launch - gabester - 03-18-2024
sekker wrote:
[quote=gabester]
Actually I missed the bit about the propellant tank transfer... what happened there?
Propellant tank transfer is a future flight objective, I believe. Will need to have two Starship launches to have both source and destination tanks in orbit at the same time.
Supposedly this 3rd Starship flight was to have an internal transfer from one tank to the other on the Starship while in orbit; according to Ars which has some of the best general purpose space reporting around, that was completed successfully:
https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/03/after-its-third-test-flight-spacexs-starship-could-soon-carry-satellites/#:~:text=preliminary%20report%20from%20SpaceX%20also%20indicated%20Starship%20transferred%20super%2Dcold%20liquid%20oxygen%20propellant%20between%20two%20tanks%20inside%20the%20rocket