VIDEO: Space Exploration Technologies’ Falcon 9 first-stage two engine hot firing test

by Rob Coppinger | Jan 28, 2008 | Seradata News | 1 comment

Watch this video, care of businesswire.com, of the recent test firing of two Space Exploration Technolgoies’ (SpaceX) Merlin 1C engines, integrated into the Falcon 9 first-stage, at the SpaceX test facility in McGregor, Texas

Powered by liquid oxygen and rocket grade kerosene, the pair of Merlins produced over 805kN (181,000lb)-thrust during the test. The next test, using three engines on the first-stage, is scheduled for February. A total of nine Merlin 1C engines will power the Falcon 9 rocket’s first-stage

About Seradata

Seradata produce the renowned Seradata database. Trusted by over 100 of the world’s leading Space organisations, Seradata is a fully queryable database used for market analysis, failure/risk assessment, spectrum analysis and space situational awareness (SSA).

For more information go to https://www.seradata.com/product/

Progress MS-23 undocks from ISS and its re-entry is imaged by astronauts

The Roscosmos-operated Progress MS-23 cargo ship undocked from the International Space Station's (ISS) Poisk module at 0755 GMT on 29 Read more

Space orders: Millenium Space gets USSF MEO six tracking satellite order…as Northrop Grumman pulls out of Skynet 6 tender

There were few major announcements related to satellite and launch orders during November. Perhaps the biggest was actually a non-order, Read more

Funding woes at Virgin Galactic, Sierra Space and Astra Space as they try to limit cash bleed

New space and even long standing space companies sometimes have difficult periods in their development and operations when the revenues Read more

Falcon 9 launches Starlink Group 6-30 from Canaveral

[caption id="attachment_118401" align="alignright" width="219"] Falcon 9v1.2FT Block 5 launches Starlink Group 6-30. Courtesy: SpaceX[/caption] SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon 9v1.2FT Read more