Superheavy’s Massive Fire Suppression System Dramatically Increases Performance

While the 2nd Integrated Test Flight of Starship ultimately ended in the loss of both vehicles, it was undoubtably a massive improvement from SpaceX’s first attempt. This episode is a deep dive analysis of critical upgrades to Starship Superheavy. There is a very large focus placed on Booster 7 in this episode. There were a lot of lessons learned from IFT-1 and its important to understand why each of the changes to Booster 9 were necessary. TheRingWatcher: Ship 25 & Booster 9 Upgrades Explained For the first 100 customers there’s a 10% discount on all merch when you use the discount code “FireSupressionFTW“ at checkout.(Yes, we know it’s Suppression). CSI Starbase Merch Store Link: Join this channel to get access to exclusive perks: Please consider supporting CSI Starbase on: Patreon: PayPal: Twitter: CSI Starbase Production : Geoff Allan Huge thanks to the following photographers and content creators who make all of this possible! ▶︎Chameleon Circuit - Starship & Test Tank Animations Patreon - Twitter - ▶︎Cosmic Perspective w/ Audio from Andrew Keating Patreon - Twitter - YouTube - @UCh3jrub_0od3EFoUtiIG4jQ ▶︎ LabPadre - 24/7 Starbase Livestreams Patreon - YouTube - @UCFwMITSkc1Fms6PoJoh1OUQ Twitter - ▶︎ NASASpaceflight YouTube - ▶︎ Ryan Hansen Space - CSI 3D Forensics Agent Patreon - Twitter - YouTube - @UCNxwUG0Vq8TztWdxL83FLHQ ▶︎ RGVAerialPhotography - Starbase Weekly Livestreams Patreon - Twitter - YouTube - @@UCQbKe0RZ62u47TZ8vmKNnRA ▶︎ Randolph Visuals Patreon - - 📷 Starship Gazer - Starbase Photographer Patreon - Twitter - Youtube - @UCBVnapKtPTNYl4phaGXxYng ▶︎ Tim Dodd - “The Everyday Astronaut“ YouTube - @EverydayAstronaut Trevor Mahlmann - Booster TVC Test & Starship Launch Footage @TrevorMahlmann 📷Virtual Space 3D - Highbay & CSI Headquarters Renders Patreon - Timestamps 0:00 Intro: Tale of 2 Boosters 1:45 Booster Bidet Performance 3:15 Post IFT-1 Challenges 5:20 Raptor 2 Electric TVC Upgrades 9:11 Mitigating Raptor Explosion Risks 12:08 Center Engine Blast Containment 14:32 Original Boost Engine Blast Containment 16:47 B7 Testing Explosion - Insufficient Blast Shielding 19:25 B7 Robustness Upgrades Finally Explained 20:41 IFT-1 Engine RUD Isolation Failure 22:50 B9 Upgraded Engine Isolation Explained 26:20 Fire Suppression & Why Its Needed 27:55 B7 Fire Suppression System Explained 31:15 Why CO2 Instead of Nitrogen? 31:45 IFT-1 Fire Suppression Failure 33:20 B9’s 15X Fire Suppression Upgrade 39:55 Raptor Engine Startup Failures 40:45 IFT-2 B9 Performance Analysis 45:35 FTS System Upgrade 49:05 Hot Staging??? 49:40 Outro & End Credits Music Credits 0:01 Spaceflight Memories - Saving Starship (Orchestral) 1:24 “Do You Remember“ prod. by kochetkovv 5:13 Spaceflight Memories - Electronic TVC 7:18 12:24 15:00 17:06 20:44 23:00 27:52 31:46 33:12 35:49 40:56 Spaceflight Memories - Saving Starship 43:19 Spaceflight Memories - Floating 44:39 Spaceflight Memories - Last Sunset 45:58 49:41 Beat from The Last Song Produced by Ghost Last but not least I want to give HUGE SHOUTOUT to the entire CSI Starbase team on discord. This dedicated team of 200 agents with specialties ranging all across the board, has been crucial in getting the most accurate info for these episodes. Couldn’t do it without yal!