SpaceX Starship/Superheavy Launch and Catch Animation 

Hei, you should make a reaction videos when it comes to lit day.. love you.

I follow both you and everything going on down at SpaceX, cool you know about this too!

Even Jesus approves

Thanks mr Christ

I Love you, man!

MATT!!! How ya doing bud!

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Agree. It's breathtaking. And to think soon this will be *REAL WORLD* stuff. Amazing.

Luv u Matt

Im not gonna be surprised if you use this on your space news lol Btw you always have an excellent job aswell on every space news

it will never happen

@@YuriPetrovich 👍

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Turning point for humanity??

@@YuriPetrovich That's what people said for the Falcon 9 until it was able to launch and land perfectly. Based on your last name may I assume you are a butt-hurt Russian who longs for the days of the Soviet Union when Russia stil mattered in the world?

I agree 100%. I just wonder about the flight trajectory of the Starship right after the stage sep. Seemed to be a sudden change.

@@jeechun It's pitching to move the ship away from booster, reducing need for pusher

@@alvianchoiriapriliansyah9882 Yeah, I know that. Just the ignition of the second stage (the Starship) happens at an almost parallel orbit with Earth surface, while stage sep happens in a rather different angle (there is a bit too large diff between the velocity vectors), but this is only a feeling, and it doesn't matter, the animation is just super great. :)

The snapping back of the booster quick release and the slamming shut of it's hood showed just how much thought was put into the detail of this animation. Awesomely done!

I know right! Great animation! 💯🎯

Pretty cool. Should dub in some Mission Control call-outs. I'm glad this one didn't RUD, destroy Stage 0 and blow out windows in Port Isabel... my biggest fear.

Indeed

@@sammadison1172 I’m kinda worried about that I mean there is a possibility that starship could explode on launch from the vibration of the engines and the lack of water suppression system

Each chopstick will definitely gently meet its side of the booster. The chopsticks won't move the booster until it is firmly in their grasp. Once the booster is spun into the correct orientation and distance from the tower, it will be moved in a gentle, almost parabolic arc to the launch pad or transfer stand. It won't be a perfect parabola because the last few meters into the pad will be straight down. They will use a path that minimizes torque on the booster. They do not want the booster to swing. At least that will be how they move boosters when they are in a hurry. For the first catch, they might move things very slowly and just one axis at a time, as animated here. On the other hand, any collision strong enough to bend a chopstick will crumple the booster. The booster skin is between 3 and 4mm, while the walls of the steel tubes in the chopsticks are much thicker. The booster skin is stretched tight by the internal tank pressure and it is a tougher alloy. These strengthen the booster walls, but not nearly enough to prevent bending first in a collision with the chopsticks.

It was an amazing animation, but I agree that landing on the chop sticks wasnt quite right. No way it'll hit that hard. SH will most likely nullify all the velocity before touching the grab arms. I would also bet it comes down off-center and translates laterally into the chop sticks as they close. Not exactly fuel efficient, but efficiency isnt what SS is being designed for.

@@nocontent4178 Boostback is strangely not in this animation at all

I agree, I few things I believe would be different: QD arm might only disconnect at the very last second before lift off, probably after ignition, otherwise the stack is not stable enough. Landing burn should reduce booster velocity to 0 and I think the booster will do the same dog leg movement as Falcon 9, and will most likely arrive on the chopsticks from the front and hover before the arms closing. Otherwise, amazing job overall!

@@nocontent4178 Good assessment. That's basically everything I came here to say haha

That’s how Elon would describe it.

Aim is to suicide burn so it's possible

Iirc the thrust/weight ratio of the booster allows it to hover and come down controlled. No hoverslam required.

Maybe once they get more confident with superheavy landings/catches to increase performance. Initially I think it’ll be much slower

@@user-yd4rn4ez6m I think all or nothing. A rud during landing won't take down the tower, maybe the arms but they are replaceable... With great difficulty

It’s not. C-Bass completely screwed up the actual timing of this catch. The booster isn’t going to slam into the catch arms like this.

@@ophello I’m well aware the actual catch will look a little different. I’m just talking about the idea itself

Yes I'm watching again for my 100th time lol

Why do the grid fins stay horizontal during the whole flight?

@@danyboy86 Hi, becasue when the grid fin is horizontal to airflow, its resistance to the air is negligable. So SpaceX intend to allow the grid fins to self telt on the way up to present least resistance. On the way down they will be under power so can turn into the airstream to create angel changes for the ship. The point is, by not having 4 mechanisms to retract each gridfin against the body they save significant weight, more mass I expect than the mass of extra propellant required to overcome the slight drag losses on the way up. Hope that makes sense

The thrust vector will be creating an area of negative pressure adjacent to the raptors during ascent, so I think it's accurate that the vapors floating around there would get sucked in and blasted down the middle. Will be interesting if any ground facing cameras on the side of the vehicle pick this up.