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Liftoff of the 11th fully integrated Starship from SpaceX's Starbase facility at Boca Chica Beach, in Texas, is scheduled for 6:15 p.m. CDT / 7:15 p.m. EDT / 2315 UTC on Monday, Oct. 13.
Like on Flight 10, the Super Heavy booster, tail number Booster 15, will not return for a catch by the launch tower, but will instead aim for a controlled splashdown off-shore to allow for more testing. This will be the second flight of this Super Heavy booster.
Meanwhile, the upper stage, Ship 38, will attempt to perform a nominal, suborbital flight with plans for a controlled splashdown in the Indian Ocean more than an hour after liftoff. SpaceX will also attempt to deploy eight Starlink simulators (mimicking the size and mass of a Starlink Version 3 satellite) and perform an in-space relight of a Raptor engine.
This will be the fifth and final flight of a Block 2 version of the Starship upper stage.
Our live coverage, hosted by Will Robinson-Smith, will begin two hours before launch. He will be joined by Stephen Clark, space reporter for Ars Technica.
Resumed. Under 53 minutes to go.
Under 4 minutes to go. (I dashed out to the store because I was out of ice cream. Also needed a new bathroom scale because I keep finishing off the ice cream too quickly.)
Nice! The Super had no problems at all and dunked into the Gulf right on target. The Starship is rolling along 16K+ MPH at 173 km altitude.
now you tell me...
Turns out, the SFN feed was about 2 minutes behind the actual. Dirty pool!
If I watch it now, will it still be live?
All dummy satellites successfully deployed!
The “pez dispenser” deployment of the test payloads finished around the 26 minute mark, and the SpaceX employees cheered, then started chanting “U S A”.
It’s wrapping up more or less. Right now the SpaceX feed shows a virtual Earth and the current location of the Starship. I’m not sure when the reentry is scheduled. I wonder if they’ve got something up their sleeve.
Oh crap. Well, rocket porn is always good. I still watch Apollo launches from time to time. Thanks for the heads up.
The Spaceflight Now feed shows the timer for the Falcon 9 launch, about 2w hours from now. I think the payload is Amazon’s sats, I’m not sure. The F9 launches have been so reliable for so long they’re almost dull. 😁
OK, I’m on it...
Why is it 3 degrees off vertical at liftoff?
Everyday Astronaut feed is the SpaceX feed with Tim Dodd up in the corner. Oh, now it’s just him doing a live podcast. He’s been at a low level of online activity for months.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMD-Wo8jz90
Okay, Tim just said the next event (whatever it is) will be in about 15 minutes.
Gives ‘em time to edit out the space aliens...
Coriolis effect is my guess
Comin’ down?
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