SpaceX计划于周一进行星舰第十一次飞行测试。
内容总结:
美国太空探索技术公司(SpaceX)计划于当地时间10月13日19时15分在得克萨斯州星港基地实施"星舰"超重型运载火箭的第十一次轨道级飞行测试。本次任务将采用曾执行过飞行任务的超重型助推器,其33台猛禽发动机中有24台具备实战经验。
此次试飞核心目标包括三项:为新一代超重型助推器收集关键数据、全面测试星舰隔热系统的极限性能,以及模拟飞船返回发射场的精准机动操作。与上月成功完成星链模拟卫星部署的第十次试飞相比,本次任务将继续搭载8个星链卫星模拟载荷,但在回收方案上作出调整——超重型助推器将溅落墨西哥湾,而星舰主体计划坠入印度洋海域,暂不尝试通过发射塔"机械爪"装置回收助推器。
公众可通过SpaceX官网及社交媒体平台X在发射前30分钟收看全程直播。此次试验将为企业实现可重复使用运载系统技术积累重要数据。
中文翻译:
SpaceX计划于本周一进行星舰第十一次试飞
发射窗口开启时间为美国东部时间晚7点15分。
SpaceX正为其巨型火箭星舰的第十一次试飞做准备,最早将于周一从得克萨斯州星港基地发射。发射窗口定于10月13日美国东部时间晚7点15分开启。观众可于升空前三十分钟通过SpaceX官网及X平台观看直播。
此次飞行是继八月底成功测试后的新进展——当时星舰在年初尝试失败后首次成功在太空中部署有效载荷(八颗星链模拟卫星)。本次第十一次飞行将再次使用八台星链模拟器进行有效载荷演示。该枚星舰采用复用型超重推进器,其33台猛禽发动机中有24台具备飞行经验。本次试飞目标包括:通过飞行实验为下一代超重推进器收集数据、极限测试星舰防热盾性能,并演示未来上面级返回发射场的最终进近机动动作。
此次SpaceX不会尝试用发射塔"筷子"机械臂捕获超重推进器。按计划,推进器将坠入墨西哥湾,而星舰将在印度洋溅落。
英文来源:
SpaceX will attempt Starship's 11th flight test on Monday
The launch window opens at 7:15PM ET.
SpaceX is gearing up for the 11th flight test of its Starship megarocket, which will launch from its Starbase in Texas as early as Monday. The launch window opens on October 13 at 7:15PM ET. You'll be able to watch live starting 30 minutes before liftoff on the SpaceX website and on X.
Starship's latest flight follows a successful test at the end of August, during which it deployed a payload — eight dummy Starlink satellites — in space for the first time following a failed attempt earlier in the year. The company is aiming to carry out another payload demonstration for flight 11, again using eight Starlink simulators. For this flight, SpaceX is using a previously flown Super Heavy booster, with 24 of its 33 Raptor engines being flight-proven. The goals this time around include "flight experiments gathering data for the next generation Super Heavy booster, stress-testing Starship’s heatshield, and demonstrating maneuvers that will mimic the upper stage’s final approach for a future return to launch site."
SpaceX won't attempt to catch Super Heavy in its "chopsticks" back at the launch site this time. The booster is instead expected to end up in the Gulf of Mexico, while Starship will splash down in the Indian Ocean.