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A significant test of SpaceX's enormous new Starship rocket system was just completed.
At the base of the vehicle's lower segment, engineers ignited 31 of 33 engines in a procedure known as a "static fire." With everything cinched down to prevent movement, the firing only lasted a few seconds.
When Starship takes its first flight, it will surpass all previous operational rocket systems in terms of strength. Assuming SpaceX is pleased with the results of Thursday's test, this might take place in the upcoming weeks. At SpaceX's research and development center at Boca Chica, close to the Texas/Mexico border, a static fire occurred. Elon Musk said on Twitter that the team had turned off one engine before to the test, and another engine had shut off by itself, leaving a total of 31 engines running.
Even though this was not the entire contingent of engines, the number of engines that were cooperating was noteworthy. The N1 rocket, which the Soviets designed in the late 1960s to transport cosmonauts to the Moon, is perhaps the closest analogue. It had two rings of 30 engines each. But all four of the N1's flights ended up being cancelled because of failures.
SpaceX Starship ni moja ya ndege za kwanza za SpaceX, na ni moja ya ndege za kwanza za SpaceX, ambazo zimetengenezwa kwa kutumia mfumo mpya wa roketi ya Starship. Katika sehemu ya chini ya gari hilo, wahandisi waliwasha moto injini 31 kati ya 33 kwa utaratibu unaojulikana kama "moto wa static." Kwa kuwa kila kitu kilikuwa kimefungwa ili kuzuia mwendo, risasi hizo zilidumu sekunde chache tu. Wakati Starship inachukua ndege yake ya kwanza, itakuwa kuzidi mifumo yote ya roketi ya awali ya uendeshaji katika suala la nguvu. Kwa kuzingatia kuwa SpaceX imefurahishwa na matokeo ya majaribio ya Alhamisi, hii inaweza kutokea katika wiki zijazo. Kituo cha utafiti na maendeleo cha SpaceX huko Boca Chica, karibu na mpaka wa Texas na Mexico, kilipata moto. Musk alisema katika ukurasa wake wa Twitter kuwa timu hiyo ilizima injini moja kabla ya majaribio hayo na injini nyingine ilizima yenyewe, ikiacha jumla ya injini 31 zikiendesha. Hata ingawa hii haikuwa kikosi chote cha injini, idadi ya injini ambazo zilikuwa zikishirikiana ilikuwa ya kutokeza. Roketi ya N1 iliyotengenezwa na Urusi mwishoni mwa miaka ya 1960 ili kusafirisha wanaanga kwenye Mwezi, labda ni mfano wa karibu zaidi. Mzunguko wa kwanza ulikuwa na pete mbili, kila moja ikiwa na injini 30. Ndege zote nne za N1 zilikataliwa kwa sababu ya matatizo ya ndege.