Hi everybody and welcome back to another episode of the Elon Musk podcast where we delve into the astounding progress and pioneering innovation of SpaceX and its ambitious Starship program. And in today's episode, we're going to take a closer look at the latest developments surrounding ship 25. The Next Generation spacecraft set to take center stage and SpaceX is second integrated test
flight. Just two months after the first groundbreaking integrated test flight, Right of Starship SpaceX is on The Fast Track making Leaps and Bounds in its missions. The conquer the final frontier and preparing for the next test flight. The teams that SpaceX have been conducting an exhaustive series of tests on ship 25's engines. While simultaneously laying the foundation for the orbital. Launch Mount.
This plenty to unravel about SpaceX is mighty mental preparations and what they mean for the future of space exploration. And before we dive into this, we're going to take a couple seconds and hear from our sponsors SpaceX is setting the stage for its next major, spectacle about two months, have passed since the integrated flight test SpaceX is vigorously testing the engines for the second. Take off already.
This time ship 25 is going to be the star of the show and in parallel SpaceX is feverishly working on the final touches for the foundational structure at the orbital. Mount or the olm. It's here that the super-heavy and Starship are expected to embark on their next momentous
Journey optimistically. Slated for his early as August of this year, Elon Musk is always breaking boundaries in this upcoming, second integrated test flight of Starship, featuring ship 25 and the super heaphy prototype dubbed. Booster 9 is shaping up to be yet another Testament to his company's ceaseless. Ambition this is an intricate I can't dance of preparation and testing as its unfolding.
A SpaceX is South Texas Starbase facilities to ready ship 25 for its star turn in the next integrated flight test. The teams have thrown themselves into a thorough engine testing campaign. They're leaving, no stone unturned from a spin Prime test all the way to the six engine. Static fire test of the ship's, formidable Raptor two engines, now, learning from the first flight success and challenges, the engineers have made tweaks to the ship's.
Shielding and internal tank structure, the use this huge robust, Space X LR 11,000 crane for additional support to the tanks during these alterations, and they've ensure that the vehicle is primed for testing for this next flame. Now, I'll pod completing the necessary modifications, the engineers, remove the crane and freed the flaps. In the stage, was set for the spin, Prime test on June 14th, where propellants were loaded on to the ship.
Now this process simulates, the startup sequence of the entrance spinning, the engine oxidizer pumped full power - actually igniting the engines. Now, this sequence is expected to repeat several times before moving on to the static fire tests. And if all goes according to plan, the ship's engines should soon get the green light for flight an important marker on the path to the second
integrated test flight. However, even the most well tested spacecraft needs a solid launch pad to blast off from And the first integrated test flight left, its Mark or a giant hole under the olm due to the immense power of the super heavy booster 7s. 30 engines during liftoff, three of them didn't start during the left off and left with a significant crater to fill in. Reinforce the SpaceX team has been hard at work for defying the ground.
The past two months have seen the hole covered and reinforcements have been introduced deep into the soil to strengthen the lon Each pad recently a significant about a rebar has been installed underneath the olm. Now, once this stage is complete, which should be pretty soon, a convoy of concrete trucks will be ushered in to fill. In this void in this will be followed by the placement of the water-cooled steel plates.
Over the fresh concrete, providing additional support and anchoring points of these plates are currently under construction near the propellant. Production site, also known as the Sanchez site. Now, the design Calls for about six plates to be installed between the olm columns with half designated support large water, manifolds transported from Florida earlier this year. And of those two are nearing completion. While the third is still, in the works. SpaceX is no stranger to the
lime line in the buzz around. This upcoming test flight has been growing. The company recently, conducted an engine test with ship 25 at Starbase revealing the results in a tweet. They said ship 25 completed of flight like chilled and spin of the Raptor engine pumps stopping just before engine ignition. There's another procedure that they must embark on. In order to get this ship flight-ready. It's known as a static fire
test. It's a standard pre-launch tests where the engines are briefly ignited. While the vehicle remains grounded, it offers a critical glimpse into the operational Readiness of the engines, laying the groundwork for the spacecrafts eventual launch and the Starship is absolutely massive. It's around 400 feet tall. The upper stage is about 150 to 160 feet tall and the lower stage is about 250 to 300 feet
tall. Both the designed for reusability powered by SpaceX has Next Generation, Raptor. Two engines know this upcoming second, test flight, featuring ship 25. And super-heavy booster prototype 9 aims to replicate and build upon the goals of the first flight test. If everything goes according Bingley and Regulatory obstacles. Don't interfere. We could see the second integrated test flight as little as six to eight weeks out from
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