Space X’s starship takes off on test trip
Last updated on: 04 April,2019 07:46 pm
New Raptor methane-liquid oxygen engines are rumored to be installed in the new starship of Space X.
(Web Desk) – Space X tested their new spacecraft ‘Starship Hopper’ prototype today at the Texas launch site which lasted less than a minute.
According to space.com, Starhopper is a suborbital prototype designed to test the concepts and technologies SpaceX will need to build its new 100-person spacecraft, called Starship, and its massive booster, the Super Heavy.
The prototype s name appears to be a mashup of Starship and Grasshopper, the latter being SpaceX s earlier hopping prototype that led to the company s reusable workhorse Falcon 9 rocket boosters.
New Raptor methane-liquid oxygen engines are rumored to be installed in this new starship of Space X.
Elon Musk tweeted, "All systems green" after the test, which may not have gone far but recalls the early days of Grasshopper rocket tests before we got used to the sight of Falcon 9 rocket engines returning to Earth after successful launches.
Starhopper completed tethered hop. All systems green. https://t.co/0m5Bm5slD2
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 4, 2019