{"id":19534,"date":"2019-08-27T21:44:21","date_gmt":"2019-08-28T01:44:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=19534"},"modified":"2019-08-28T00:31:49","modified_gmt":"2019-08-28T04:31:49","slug":"videos-spacex-starhoppers-150m-test-flight-a-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=19534","title":{"rendered":"Videos: SpaceX Starhopper’s 150m test flight a success"},"content":{"rendered":"

SpaceX<\/a>‘s Starhopper<\/a>,\u00a0 a low altitude prototype of the Starship<\/a> vehicles, made a successful short flight this evening at Boca Chica Beach, Texas. The single Raptor<\/a> LOX\/Methane engine powered the vehicle up to 150 meters (max alt allowed by FAA for this test) and sideways for a couple hundred meters.<\/p>\n

\"Starhopper<\/a>Elon Musk has said<\/a> this will be the last flight of the Starhopper. The two Starship orbital demo vehicles<\/a> under construction at Boca Chica and in Cocoa Beach, Florida, are expected to begin flights in the coming months. The Starhopper will be used for ground static test firings of Raptor engines.<\/p>\n

Here are various views of the test, starting with a SpaceX video, which mostly shows the flight as seen by a drone:<\/p>\n