Engineers recreate the diffuser or failure on the ground during the investigation and then re -designed the part to put pressure under pressure in the main fuel tank under pressure. This will also “reduce considerably” the tension on the diffuser structure, “said SpaceX.
The FAA, in charge of guaranteeing commercial rocket launches, does not threaten public safety, drew the investigation and gave the green light for SpaceX to fly again when it is ready.
“SpaceX can now continue with Starship Flight 10 launch activities under the current license,” said the FAA.
“The upcoming flight will continue to expand the operational envelope on the Super Heavy Booster, planned with multiple landing tests,” said SpaceX in an update posted on its website on Friday. “It will also be aimed at comparable objectives such as earlier missions, including the first Payload implementation of Starship and multiple return experiments aimed at returning the upper phase to the Lancing place for catch.”
File photo of Starships six Raptor engines that shoot at a test standard in Zuid -Texas.
Credit: SpaceX
In the aftermath of the test flight in May, SpaceX hoped to fly again with the starry at the end of June or early July. But another accident June 18, this time on the site, the program postponed for a few more months. The Starship Vehicle SpaceX assigned to the next flight, designated ship 36, exploded on a test standard in Texas while teams filled it with cryogenic drive gases for a motor test.
The accident destroyed the ship and damaged the test location, which means that SpaceX must afterwards support the only active Starship -Lancing platform afterwards to support the next ship in the row -ship 37. These tests include a short fire of all six Raptor engines of the ship 1 August.
After the last Spin Prime test of Ship 37 Wednesday, employees transported the rocket back to a hangar for evaluation, and crews immediately went to work to restore the launch platform to its normal configuration to host a full super heavy/star ship Stack.
SpaceX said that the explosion on the test standard in June was probably caused by damage to a high -pressure nitrogen storage tank in the Payload Bay from Starship section. This tank, a composite switched pressure vessel, or COPV, tore violent and led to the fiery downfall of the ship. SpaceX said that COPVs will work on upcoming flights at lower pressure, and managers ordered extra inspections on COPVs to look for damage, test more evidence, stricter acceptance criteria and a hardware change to tackle the problem.
