140-meter robot "Mehazilla" helped to assemble the prototype of the Starship spacecraft
By: Maksim Panasovskiy | 10.02.2022, 11:48
SpaceX has assembled a prototype Starship spacecraft with two stages. The Mehazilla tower, 140 m high, helped in this.
What is known
Starship is ready for its debut orbital flight. SpaceX managed to push the Starship 20 prototype onto the Super Heavy Booster 4 prototype. The total length was 120 m. The assembly processor was monitored using drones.
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The Mehazilla tower, 140 m high, has a pair of robotic arms. In the future, it will catch the Super Heavy rocket and the Starship spacecraft.
A source: @nextspaceflight