Comment by xt00

2 days ago

The amount of data they must have at this point running so many of those raptor engines has got to be insane... at least 300+ engine launches now -- wow.

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generuso  2 days ago

Five years ago SpaceX reported that they had 30000 seconds of test firing time on the Raptor, over 567 engine starts. Since them the program accelerated dramatically. Well over one thousand engines had been produced, and on an average day at McGregor test facility the Raptors are fired for about 600 seconds. That would give about a million seconds over five years. That's a lot for any engine development program.

  • throwaway2037  16 hours ago

    I found this on Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceX_facilities

        > SpaceX Rocket Development and Test Facility, McGregor, Texas

    > SpaceX calls the facility the most advanced and active rocket engine test facility in the world, and said that by 2024, over 7,000 tests had been conducted at the facility since it opened, with seven engine test fires on a typical day. Despite its low-profile compared to the company's other facilities, is a critical part of SpaceX's operations, and company president and COO Gwynne Shotwell maintains her primary office in McGregor.

sbuttgereit  2 days ago

Sort of... this was version 3 of the engine, a fairly big redesign and for version 3 this was the first flight.