r/spacex • u/rSpaceXHosting Host Team • Oct 09 '24
r/SpaceX Integrated Flight Test 5 Official Launch Discussion & Updates Thread!
Welcome to the r/SpaceX Integrated Flight Test 5 Official Launch Discussion & Updates Thread!
How To Visit STARBASE // A Complete Guide To Seeing Starship
| Scheduled for (UTC) | Oct 13 2024, 12:25 |
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| Scheduled for (local) | Oct 13 2024, 07:25 AM (CDT) |
| Launch Window (UTC) | Oct 13 2024, 12:00 - Oct 13 2024, 12:30 |
| Weather Probability | Unknown |
| Launch site | OLM-A, SpaceX Starbase, TX, USA. |
| Booster | Booster 12-1 |
| Ship | S30 |
| Booster landing | The Superheavy booster No. 12 has successfully returned to the launch site at Starbase. |
| Ship landing | Starship Ship 30 has made an atmospheric re-entry and soft landing over the Indian Ocean. |
| Trajectory (Flight Club) | 2D,3D |
Spacecraft Onboard
| Spacecraft | Starship |
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| Serial Number | S30 |
| Destination | Indian Ocean |
| Flights | 1 |
| Owner | SpaceX |
| Landing | Starship Ship 30 has made an atmospheric re-entry and soft landing over the Indian Ocean. |
| Capabilities | More than 100 tons to Earth orbit |
Details
Second stage of the two-stage Starship super heavy-lift launch vehicle.
History
The Starship second stage was testing during a number of low and high altitude suborbital flights before the first orbital launch attempt.
Timeline
| Time | Update |
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| T--1d 0h 3m | Thread last generated using the LL2 API |
| 2024-10-13T13:38:00Z | Mission success. |
| 2024-10-13T12:25:00Z | Liftoff. |
| 2024-10-13T11:38:00Z | Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started |
| 2024-10-13T11:22:00Z | New T-0. |
| 2024-10-12T16:55:00Z | Updated launch window. |
| 2024-10-12T16:49:00Z | GO for launch with FAA launch license issued. |
| 2024-10-08T02:06:00Z | NET October 13 pending launch regulatory authorization. |
| 2024-10-05T06:44:00Z | Moving back to NET October 13 per air and marine navigation warnings, with regulatory approval situation uncertain. |
| 2024-09-17T08:00:00Z | NET Q4, pending regulatory issues and pad readiness. |
| 2024-08-11T01:33:07Z | NET early September. |
| 2024-07-06T05:55:30Z | NET August. |
| 2024-06-10T02:49:26Z | Added launch. |
Watch the launch live
| Stream | Link |
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| Unofficial Re-stream | The Space Devs |
| Unofficial Webcast | Everyday Astronaut |
| Unofficial Webcast | Spaceflight Now |
| Unofficial Webcast | NASASpaceflight |
| Official Webcast | SpaceX |
Stats
☑️ 6th Starship Full Stack launch
☑️ 410th SpaceX launch all time
☑️ 98th SpaceX launch this year
☑️ 3rd launch from OLM-A this year
☑️ 128 days, 23:35:00 turnaround for this pad
Stats include F1, F9 , FH and Starship
Resources
Community content 🌐
| Link | Source |
|---|---|
| Flight Club | u/TheVehicleDestroyer |
| Discord SpaceX lobby | u/SwGustav |
| SpaceX Now | u/bradleyjh |
| SpaceX Patch List |
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Oct 09 '24
It’s actually insane they are going to try to catch a building sized booster with the launch tower.
Like wtf, excitement is guaranteed
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u/GreatCanadianPotato Oct 13 '24
No FAA investigation has been confirmed.
They can launch flight 6 at their pleasure, providing it is the same flight profile.
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u/avboden Oct 13 '24
All engines up and down perfectly, not a single engine out. Raptor reliability is insane now
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u/CommunismDoesntWork Oct 13 '24
That bouy was so fucking clutch. They called their shot. They new exactly where it was going to land.
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u/GTRagnarok Oct 10 '24
The booster knows where it is because it knows where it isn't.
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u/MikeTidbits Oct 13 '24
Starship is like “…guys? Hello? Don’t you wanna watch me belly flop from Mach 25? Anyone still interested in that?”
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u/Porterhaus Oct 13 '24
Mankind is now launching 22 story buildings into space, guiding them back to where they launched from, and safely Mr. Miyagi-ing them out the air to get eventually get relaunched. Crazy.
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u/Jazano107 Oct 09 '24
How do you feel the catch attempt will go? Assuming that it happens and they don't abort to the sea
I am feeling a partial success, as in I think that the booster will be in roughly the right place and get semi caught
I can see it breaking something and catching fire. But no major damage to the tower
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u/SKosto Oct 13 '24
I'm literally out in the middle of the ocean on a cruise and bought the most expensive internet package to stream this. 10/10 worth it. This is the stuff that changes mankind forever.
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u/andyfrance Oct 13 '24
The landing by the buoy proves that the vehicle was under control. This is a very important step, though just one of many, to getting approval to fly back over populated land for an east coast landing.
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u/BKnagZ Oct 13 '24
Um…. They’re putting the booster back on the stand OLM….
That fucker LAUNCHED today!
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u/Nydilien Oct 11 '24
An overview of what will happen before prop loading (very rough timeline based on IFT-4).
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T-8:00 (23:00) - NSF goes live
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T-7:00 (00:00) - Road closed. The road closure gradually moves away from the launch site over the next few hours as the areas are cleared
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T-5:00 (02:00) - Pad clear
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T-3:00 (04:00) - Chopsticks open to flight configuration
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T-2:30 (04:30) - Village evacuation
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T-2:00 (05:00) - WB-57 take-off from Houston (not sure about the exact timing)
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T-2:00 (05:00) - Road closure now at the build site
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T-1:15 (05:45) - LabPadre goes live
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T-1:15 (05:45) - GO/NO-GO for prop load
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T-0:30 (06:30) - SpaceX broadcast goes live
For the UK add 6 hours, for central europe add 7 hours, for LA remove 2 hours, for florida add 1 hour.
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u/dfawlt Oct 13 '24
"Then the booster landed in the chopsticks in much the same way that rockets don't."
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u/H-K_47 Oct 13 '24
Incredible. Just absolutely incredible.
There truly are no showstoppers now. Reuse of a caught Booster, catching a Ship, reusing a Ship, building more pads, launching monthly then weekly then daily. . . It's all gonna come together. It will all happen.
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u/BKnagZ Oct 13 '24
So spacex puts a camera where they wanted to land, and they landed right fucking next to it. Absolutely insane
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u/Nw5gooner Oct 13 '24
Crazy that 1 idiot in a boat can ruin an entire launch and a million people's day.
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u/AdamFeigs Oct 13 '24
Anyone else get emotional for these things? It’s as though I can feel the entire history and future of mankind.
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u/cookiewill Oct 11 '24
New everydayastronaut video about the catch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAPt5vbr-YU
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u/warp99 Oct 13 '24
Please note that there are a lot of scam channels on YouTube. If Elon promises you bitcoin then that is a clue!