How many WRaptors could a WRaptor Wrapper Wrap, if a WRaptor Wrapper could Wrap WRaptors?
Yesterday we saw 2 Wrapped WRaptors heading past at McGregor!
(P.S. Raptor and Wrapped don't look like words anymore)
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Yesterday, certain... footage, was released of B13, Here an engine which appears to be R387 is visible, However we have seen R387 before on B12 during its launch. While I'm personally not convinced, it does appear that they have possibly reflown an engine! (🧵)
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New High Score!
Earlier today we saw not one, not two, not three but four Raptor 3's roll past at McGregor! This included R3.54 which is a new high score for seen R3's!
This seems to indicate a big shift in the speed at which R3 is being tested!
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Another R3 appears! This time spotted at McGregor in the latest @NASASpaceflight video!
R16! Interesting to get to see that all R3's wont get the shiny black bell (kinda expected) but also the mounting system used (at least for the test stands)
yea yea, engines from the bottom of the sea, bla bla bla
IS THAT 2 R284s!!!!!!!!!!!!
IM SORRY WHAT!!!!!!!
(In all seriousness if anyone knows whats going on please let me know, I have no idea how to graph this)
NSF's Gary Blair flew past SpaceX's McGregor test site and spotted a Raptor 3 on one of the test stands.
Raptor 3 is expected to be the engine of choice for Starship later in 2025.
McGregor is the most active rocket engine test site in the world.
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R4 has just been spotted leaving the Raptor North test stand!
We had previously seen this engine installed on the horizontal test stand during a flyover. It is likely it was being used to actually test the new stand rather than be tested itself!
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Earlier today we saw R39 leave the test area at McGregor, having seen R37 and R38 over the last few days this feels like a good pace!
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