A flow test of the Ignition Overpressure Protection and Sound Suppression water deluge system is in progress at Launch Pad 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, on Oct. 15, 2018. At peak flow ...

Resembling a gigantic bidet for rockets, the deluge system is meant to minimize damage at the pad when Starship takes flight. Reading time 3 minutes On April 20, SpaceX wantonly launched its Starship ...

SpaceX had a static fire of 29 out of 33 Raptor 2 engines and the test also used the water deluge launch pad protection system. The water protected steel plate and launch pad were undamaged after the ...

Once operational, the system will work to suppress the power of SpaceX’s megarocket, which exerts nearly 17 million pounds of thrust at launch. Reading time 2 minutes Earlier today, SpaceX performed ...