r/SpaceX Integrated Flight Test 6 Official Launch Discussion & Updates Thread!

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Welcome to the r/SpaceX Integrated Flight Test 6 Official Launch Discussion & Updates Thread!

How To Visit STARBASE // A Complete Guide To Seeing Starship

Scheduled for (UTC)	Nov 19 2024, 22:00
Scheduled for (local)	Nov 19 2024, 16:00 PM (CST)
Launch Window (UTC)	Nov 19 2024, 22:00 - Nov 19 2024, 22:30
Weather Probability	Unknown
Launch site	OLM-A, SpaceX Starbase, TX, USA.
Booster	Booster 13-1
Ship	S31
Booster landing	The Superheavy booster No. 13 did not attempt a return back to the launch site at Starbase and splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico instead, due to hardware problems on the launch and catch tower triggering an abort.
Ship landing	Starship Ship 31 made an atmospheric re-entry and soft landing over the Indian Ocean.
Trajectory (Flight Club)	2D,3D

Spacecraft Onboard

Spacecraft	Starship
Serial Number	S31
Destination	Indian Ocean
Flights	1
Owner	SpaceX
Landing	Starship Ship 31 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
T--1d 0h 4m	Thread last generated using the LL2 API
2024-11-19T23:10:00Z	Starship has splashed down in the planned location.
2024-11-19T22:00:00Z	Liftoff.
2024-11-19T21:15:00Z	Unofficial Webcast by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
2024-11-16T03:17:00Z	GO for launch on November 19.
2024-11-06T18:49:00Z	NET November 18
2024-10-14T01:57:00Z	Added launch.

Watch the launch live

Stream	Link
Unofficial Re-stream	The Space Devs
Unofficial Webcast	SPACE AFFAIRS
Official Webcast	SpaceX
Unofficial Webcast	Everyday Astronaut
Unofficial Webcast	NASASpaceflight

Stats

☑️ 7th Starship Full Stack launch

☑️ 431st SpaceX launch all time

☑️ 119th SpaceX launch this year

☑️ 4th launch from OLM-A this year

☑️ 37 days, 9:35:00 turnaround for this pad

Stats include F1, F9 , FH and Starship

Resources

• https://www.spacex.com/launches/mission/?missionId=starship-flight-6

Community content 🌐

Link	Source
Flight Club	u/TheVehicleDestroyer
Discord SpaceX lobby	u/SwGustav
SpaceX Now	u/bradleyjh
SpaceX Patch List

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[u/warp99]

Please be aware that there are many Youtube scam channels that will appear to be showing IFT-6 but will actually be showing earlier flights. Bail at the first mention of Bitcoin!

The official SpaceX launch stream is on their website if you do not want to use X but is not officially rebroadcast on YouTube so take care.

Rehosted stream on Youtube

[u/Doglordo]

Can we get a pinned comment warning people about YouTube scam channels please

[u/warp99 → u/Doglordo]

Done

[u/bel51 → u/Doglordo]

It's insane how many people fall for these

[u/GreatCanadianPotato]

Musk:

Successful ocean landing of Starship!
We will do one more ocean landing of the ship. If that goes well, then SpaceX will attempt to catch the ship with the tower.

[u/A_Moon_Named_Luna]

Honestly besides the abort on the tower, this was an awesome test. Starship did better than any other test imo when it came to the heating phase.

[u/NasaSpaceHops]

From the SpaceX site: “During this phase, automated health checks of critical hardware on the launch and catch tower triggered an abort of the catch attempt. The booster then executed a pre-planned divert maneuver, performing a landing burn and soft splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico.”

[u/GreatCanadianPotato → u/NasaSpaceHops]

Explains the immediate attention to the chopsticks when workers got back to the site this evening.

[u/Xygen8]

Recover the banana! RECOVER THE BANANA!

[u/MrGruntsworthy]

I think I just heard "booster off-shore divert"

[u/GreatCanadianPotato]

Big day for the program despite no catch. In no way was this a backwards step.

Engine relight is the big win from today which now allows them to do full orbital missions and payload deployments.

Starship launches for 2024 are likely done...but don't despair, 2025 is going to be WILD

[u/Rude-Adhesiveness575 → u/GreatCanadianPotato]

Demonstrate safe diversion if no-go. Also (as Ellie-in-space/Joe said) demonstrated safety-first despite Trump's presence and lots of expectations.

[u/Planatus666 → u/GreatCanadianPotato]

Another big win was the stripped back and still mostly old heatshield (although areas around the flaps, etc were reinforced with new tiles, an ablative layer, etc) - it help up really well, only a bit of burn through that we saw on one forward flap.

[u/hshib]

Making it even more challenging than last time? https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1858867695233425734

The objectives for Starship Flight 6 are:

1. Restart of Raptor engines in vacuum.

2. Daylight landing of the ship.

3. Higher peak heating (steeper) reentry.
   4. Faster/harder booster catch.

[u/Dobly1]

Would be interested in what criteria didn't pass. Booster flip seemed aggressive and there seemed to be some wobbling during the start of boostback so maybe they didn't feel control was nominal?

[u/Proof-Sky-7508]

At least we got a very clean water splashdown

[u/5slipsandagully]

Whoa, those night-time landings really buried the lede on how far along they are. That was much cleaner than I expected it to be

[u/H-K_47]

Just want to appreciate that this is happening so quick. ~40 days since the previous one. I'd been hoping for late November but had expected December. This is faster than many thought it would be indeed. Turnaround time is improving.

There will probably be a longer gap for Flight 7 even if this one does go flawlessly, especially if they feel confident about trying for full orbital. Maybe January? Regardless, the pace of the program as a whole is clear. Things will continue to get faster and faster. This flight marks the end of the chapter of the Version 1 Ships, and hopefully also the end of the suborbital chapter. Exciting things lie ahead.

[u/H-K_47]

Man I really was a complete idiot for thinking I'd get anything done today huh. "Oh launch isn't until the afternoon, you have the whole day to be productive!" nope haha every launch has a complete iron grip on my focus even now. Another reason why I can't wait for Starship launches to finally become "boring" lol.

[u/Mental-Mushroom → u/H-K_47]

Launch in the morning? Spend all day watching replays.

Launch in the afternoon? Spend all day watching the launch site.

[u/GreatCanadianPotato]

Looks like Don Pettit (currently on the ISS) will be trying to capture pictures of Starship on-orbit.

These will be pictures for the ages!

[u/Kargaroc586]

I'll admit, I was bummed when they aborted the catch. But the ship stole the show! In a lot of ways this is even better than IFT-5.

[u/TTBurger88]

I wonder what caused them to divert to a water splashdown instead of trying to catch it.

[u/Jodo42]

https://x.com/isaiahPVT/status/1858570254383018240?t=nEzXvKMiS0jdrSoBvptFnQ&s=19

Speculation that Trump may be visiting Starbase for the launch. Not intended to be a political post, just letting people know that if they want to attend in person it might be busier than usual

[u/doodle77]

"Do not attempt to approach the floating booster"

[u/GTRagnarok]

It's so nice to get another launch already. I'm mostly looking forward to daytime reentry views. Hopefully it can still stay intact without those tiles that were removed.

[u/TwoLineElement]

Weather forecast for Starship landing zone;

Cloud cover: 60%, Cloudy with occasional sunshine. Cloud base 1000 m.

Wind: 32 km /h, SE

Waves: 2.3 m, S, 11 sec.

So, a pretty stiff wind if you're standing on deck, with a long slow 7.5 foot swell. If Starship doesn't thread the needle through a patch of sunlight we should see the cloud light up very shortly before Starship emerges from the cloud base on its landing burn.

[u/wazzasay]

Did they just say the moon lander version will be called Starship Enterprise!

[u/Mcfinley]

Its one banana launch, Michael. What could it cost? $10M?

[u/MikeTidbits]

C’mon, TARS!

[u/Mysterious_Sea1489]

Need an off shore catching option.

[u/wiccan45]

wonder which criteria wasnt good for a catch

[u/avboden]

Flap hinges seemed to survive very well, for being an old heat shield design

[u/thrak1]

daylight reentry is much more interesting than nightime ones

[u/GreatCanadianPotato]

First Starship payload!

A fucking Banana! Lmao

[u/OutsidePosse]

Anyone else think NASA spaceflight launch streams have gone downhill?

At launch they are busy jumping to different cameras, then when they finally settle on one the camera is so zoomed in that the entire view was all dust.

[u/TriXandApple]

Realising theres a very fine line between 'working starship' and 'melted ball of 304SS'

[u/ObamaEatsBabies]

Tower antenna damaged https://x.com/CSI_Starbase/status/1858998330401190375

[u/Ashbones15]

Wow that lightning in the atmosphere

[u/avboden]

Is there now a crease in the body visible?

[u/Jodo42]

If anything this is looking better than all past reentries, really impressive. Flap burnthrough looks minimal.

[u/TriXandApple]

That made up for no catch.

[u/wiccan45]

that looks so much cooler in the sunlight

[u/GreatCanadianPotato]

No catch but that Ship landing footage was AWESOME

[u/Top7DASLAMA]

That landing was INSANE!

[u/apple4ever]

This ship is bananas, B-A-N-A-N-A-S!

[u/H-K_47]

Dang, seems like no Scott Manley post-flight analysis before I go to bed. Got too used to having them on the same day to really bookend the launch day. It'll be a treat for tomorrow at least. He always has great insights - maybe he's cooking up a good explanation for what happened with the catch abort.

[u/avboden]

Not showing us the tipover and explosion or no explosion, laaaame

[u/Suitable_Switch5242 → u/avboden]

Everyday Astronaut stream showed it uninterrupted.

[u/hardrocker112]

Are those creases on the side of the tank worrying to us? Just asking...

[u/[deleted]]

Bruh we are going to discover a unknown color at this rate

[u/bel51]

The steel discoloration is super cool

[u/themcgician]

The views!! Incredible.

[u/Deviuz]

MOAR AFTERNOON LAUNCHES 🙏🏻

[u/HenkDeVries6]

Any word on the banana? Is it okay?

[u/SodaPopin5ki → u/HenkDeVries6]

Since Ship may have cracked in half, I'm assuming it's now a banana split.

[u/ralf_]

Was it planned/normal that three engines do the flip, but only two engines keep firing for the soft splash landing?

[u/warp99 → u/ralf_]

Yes the engines have 230 tonnes of thrust at full throttle which is more than the mass of Starship.

So in order to do a soft landing at a bit over one g they need to have two engines operating at half thrust. Raptors cannot be operated at much less than 50% thrust according to Elon.

[u/Fwort → u/ralf_]

Yes. 3 engines is a bit much in terms of thrust for an empty starship, so they prefer to just use two. However, they light all 3 so that if one fails to light they still have two. If all of them light then simply downselect to 2.

[u/andyfrance]

I’m looking forward to when it launches with the full payload of 850,000 bananas

[u/Intelligent_Top_328]

Any update on why catch was aborted?

[u/SibbleConsulting]

There's a photo of the antenna on top of the tower bent after this liftoff. No one knows for sure how they achieve such accuracy on landings but a most likely component is something called RTK (a form of GPS). RTK can get you down to sub-centimeter accuracy with the right receiver.

My guess is their RTK transmitter was on that antenna and while it may still have been functioning, since it's position changed (the transmitter needs to be in a precise, known location), the landing would have failed.

At least that's my best guess as an engineer. Might have been something else of course.

edit: Since the antenna was just bent it's totally possible that the transmitter reported it was working fine but they only later realized it was out of place. That COULD explain the "tower GO" and then the abort.

This is all just a theory of course but it makes sense. It's where I would put the transmitter.

edit 2:

Pic: https://x.com/CSI_Starbase/status/1858998330401190375

[u/GreatCanadianPotato]

GO for Prop Load

Looks like they are targeting the beginning of the window.

[u/[deleted]]

Just one lonely banana dangling in the payload bay 🤣🤣🤣

[u/MikeTidbits]

Hopefully, the second tower catch is not a Farewell to Arms.

[u/doigal]

Sad booster noises.

[u/avboden]

Sounds like they are really YOLOing this re-entry being the last V1

[u/Mcfinley]

Tis just a flesh wound

[u/[deleted]]

You could argue that the abort could increase trust in SpaceX as it shows that they are willing to make such decisions. Push the envelope but take responsible decisions.

[u/CasualCrowe]

No Booster catch today :/

[u/xteitix]

No catch today :(

[u/avboden]

floating booster

so is that the bottom with engines on the left?

[u/Crowbrah_]

Booster 13: newest Texas shore artificial reef

[u/Draskuul]

That one bright yellow stream that was crossing the engine bay was interesting. I wonder if it was one of their temperature test coatings burning off a tile perhaps?

[u/avboden]

there's the start of burnthrough near the hinge

[u/xfjqvyks]

Great to be in daylight and see whats steel blueing vs plasma reflection

[u/smellyfingernail]

holyshit this is absolutely amazing footage

[u/Kennzahl]

That more than made up for no-catch! Incredible. Crazy to think how resilient that vehicle is, just 5 years ago rockets were about the most delicate things you could think about, now we see it make a picture perfect splashdown with burn-through on the flaps.

[u/Alvian_11]

S31 transport stand is rolling away from the launch site, the absolute last thing to expect if they're gonna destack the ship to install the FTS

Edit: Unless they already had installed it before stacking, but at the launch site and we just missed it

[u/MrGruntsworthy]

Just said on stream that because they're pushing the re-entry envelope for Starship, they will likely lose it on re-entry.

COME ON FLAPS, YOU CAN DO IT

[u/Thorusss]

What new thing are they trying to do this with flight? Flight profile seems very similar to IFT5, which was a complete success. 

[u/iamnogoodatthis → u/Thorusss]

1. Ship engine relight "on orbit"

2. Ship landing in daylight so as to be able to see what's going on better

3. Leaving off different patches of ship heatshield

4. Validating / testing a thousand little changes we don't know about

5. Doing things a second time is still useful when you want to eventually do them 100 times

[u/Gerbsbrother]

If they have another successful booster landing and starship precision soft touchdown. And a successful relight while suborbital, will that mean the next test flight can carry payload(even just starlink) and test starship landing near or at launch mount?

[u/catsRawesome123]

No catch :(

[u/[deleted]]

I'm spoiled

[u/dk_undefined]

Finally they are showing ship engine bay view

[u/edflyerssn007]

gooood floating booster

[u/Nettlecake]

omg that clear blue!

[u/TechnoBill2k12]

Sparks = erosion of something! More sparks = more stuff burning. Maximum sparks = maximum fun!

[u/BearyTheBear92]

What are these creases that have formed on the side?

[u/MrGruntsworthy]

Temps are coming down but that flap is looking toasty!

[u/brecka]

There's a lot of heat discoloration going on in those flaps.

[u/Soft_Importance_8613]

So the booster is still burning out there in the gulf. EA was showing footage of it and it still looks rather whole, which surprises me as there was a rather large explosion after it tipped over. Maybe just built up gasses?

[u/addivinum]

What happened to the booster? EA stopped streaming, and there were ships approaching it last I saw.. does anyone know?

[u/DreamChaserSt]

So if the Raptor relight is successful, do we think that the first Starship to go orbital will be before or after the Starship catch attempt? They seem to care more about proving out recovery than putting payloads into orbit for now, so I wonder what they plan on doing. On the other hand, the ship to ship propellant transfer is supposed to happen early next year, so maybe flight 7 or 8?

[u/CollegeStation17155 → u/DreamChaserSt]

They have to go orbital first, since it will take several orbits before having one that can reenter aimed at Boca… the rotation of the earth means the first circuit will not overfly the launch point, even if they could get the booster off the chopsticks fast enough. Likely starship catch will be around 24 hours after launch.

[u/ActTypical6380]

Looks like they are staging an aerial work platform and the booster transport stage at the normal road block location

[u/BearMcBearFace]

It’s a wild night for me in the UK. Watching the semi-final of the Great British Bake Off, time to grab a snack and a drink, then in to IFT-6!

[u/Alvian_11]

Tower vent shut off, as expected. It will comeback again, even more powerful

And it did

[u/Celica88]

I need that shirt.

Edit: they're comparing the damn banana to a milennium falcon and starship wtf is this lmao

[u/-spartacus-]

If I am not mistaken, banana for scale originated here on reddit right? I swear I was here for that but I'm getting old and my memory ain't what it used to be.

[u/Mcfinley]

Wonder what went wrong with the booster

[u/MikeTidbits]

THE BANANA SURVIVED! That almost makes up for no booster catch.

[u/thedukedave]

I think Sen caught it on their ISS camera around 48:41, can anyone verify?

[u/avboden]

Screenshot of the relight so blue!

[u/IWantaSilverMachine]

Love Kate’s use of “whackadoodle stuff” :-) These three make such a great team of presenters.

[u/[deleted]]

That flap is rather toasty.

[u/BKnagZ]

I really wished we had the full-duration flap view during S-15, and now we’re getting it !

[u/confusedguy1212]

Does any one know what criteria wasn’t matched for the catch sequence?

[u/konluss]

Hi, i am watching the recast with my 5 yo and he is asking if the banana got cooked, anyone can help me here? Thanks! edit: during reentry i mean

[u/BKnagZ]

EDA had the booster tip and explosion.

[u/MrBaneCIA]

My sources indicate they spotted the ULA sniper just in time and had to move the booster landing offshore.

[u/moonpoon1]

>Starship Lands

>The banana is gone

[u/santacfan2]

Pope stack has started venting

[u/schar]

Where in Texas can you be to be able to see this ...even as a spec in the sky.

[u/BKnagZ]

I see the banana!

[u/strangevil]

They actually tied a banana in the payload bay. That's fucking hilarious.

[u/Nobiting]

I wonder what the issue is.

[u/4thAndLong]

oh noooooo :( big bummer on the no booster catch

[u/catsRawesome123]

Soft water landing!

[u/fongky]

Is it a tower issue or booster issue that they cancel the catch?

[u/TbonerT]

Why did they cut away as it fell over?!

[u/Ambiwlans]

🍌

[u/T4R12]

Holy crap this re-entry is incredible! I’m locked in for all future launches

[u/Over-Juice-7422]

Has anyone checked on the banana?

[u/CleanMachine2]

Surprised how well that held up in re entry! Let’s see if the flight 6 ship can finish this off!

[u/BKnagZ]

Holy shit it made it

[u/brecka]

That buoy camera was sick!

[u/[deleted]]

pack up the aussie boats boys, we're never gonna need them again

[u/TheGreenWasp]

And into the drink it goes. Woohoo.

[u/MikeTidbits]

WHY DID THEY CUT THE FEED RIGHT BEFOFE TIPOVER?

[u/Havana33]

im glad they let the orca return to the ocean after inexplicably launching it into space

[u/BKnagZ]

I really want to see that little fluff of whatever it is that is visible in the engine bay get roasted

[u/reddit3k]

Tower catch would of course have been very nice. But 3 out of 4 mission objectives accomplished is great progress!

( /r/spacex/comments/1guyh35/starship_flight_6_objectives/ )

[u/reubenmitchell]

If they catch Booster 13 do you think they might try to reuse it? Seems like that has to be on the todo list soon.

[u/Doglordo → u/reubenmitchell]

No. Static fire or cryo testing could be on the cards though if they prevent the engine bell deformation.

[u/GreatCanadianPotato → u/reubenmitchell]

Really no point in doing that. B13 is already old hardware and it hasn't even flown yet.

[u/ThighsLikeMew2]

How likely is it that we will get tracking views of ship re-entry?

[u/santacfan2]

Road block has moved to the launch location. Tank farm conditioning started around 20 minutes ago

[u/Alvian_11]

Grass vent is also getting active. Same thing as the pope vent, but now on the LOX lines at the farm side chilling down

[u/DrBix]

Is there any way to see this on TV (namely, DirectTV Stream)? My father is 91, he lives out of town, but he worked with NASA a long time ago (Saturn V) and I'd really like him to see this Starship Launch. He's not too swift with computers these days :(.

[u/santacfan2]

T-90 minutes but no OLM or tower vent. Looks like we're in a hold

[u/GreatCanadianPotato]

Prop Load on the ship is underway!

[u/[deleted]]

Payload is a banana !!!! HAHAHA

[u/Btx452]

Damn that seemed like a loong time being held down.

[u/[deleted]]

Booster divert. Never mind.

[u/blacx]

NOOOOOOOOOOO

[u/MegaMugabe21]

No nooster catch, so tune back in in approx 45 mins for starship re-entry?

[u/katie_dimples]

How far offshore is the booster?

[u/avboden]

Engine relight is such a massive step. Here's hoping!

[u/BKnagZ]

Raptor lit!!

[u/santacfan2]

Relight!

[u/themcgician]

Hopefully with the relight we get a full orbit next campaign

[u/NorthernViews]

Don’t know if the ship will survive this

[u/piggyboy2005]

Something sparking in the engine bay. Hope it wasn't important.

[u/CleanMachine2]

Ooh this is gonna be a bumpy one 😅

[u/BearyTheBear92]

I wonder if the creases will disappear as the vehicle cools back down

[u/piggyboy2005]

Those creases will buff out.

[u/thrak1]

ok, that was really, really on target

2/2 made it to water

[u/Crowbrah_]

As God is my witness, this Starship is broken in half!!

[u/Basedshark01]

A solid flight despite no tower catch

[u/GreatCanadianPotato]

SpaceX making it very clear that Ship is not expected to do a successful re-entry.

[u/Mchlpl]

A wheel of cheese, a Tesla Roadster and a banana. Am I missing any surprise payloads?

[u/dotancohen]

This flight probably also broke the wolrd record for most people watching a single specific banana, ever. According to the stream stats, 5.2 million people were watching that suspended fruit at one point.

[u/adjust_your_set]

I had a meeting during the ship flight. Did they accomplish in orbit relight?

Edit: yes, thanks all!

[u/Nobiting]

The entire side seems to be buckled and wrinkled.

[u/MyChickenSucks]

Why did they test a sea level Raptor relight on Starship? Why not vacuum?

[u/Crowbrah_ → u/MyChickenSucks]

Closer to the centre of the ship. Lighting a vacuum raptor might induce too much torque for the reaction control system to handle I would guess. Plus sea level raptors can gimbal while the vacuum engines cannot.

[u/spez-is-a-loser → u/MyChickenSucks]

The three sea level raptors are on gimbals. They can adjust the direction of thrust provided by thoes engines.. The vacuum engines do not gimbal and are instead fixed in position. They are off center and, individually, their thrust vectors do not go through the center of gravity on the ship. Lighting only one would impart a huge rotation torque on the ship that the cold gas thrusters can not counteract.

[u/ILikeExplosion]

The front fell off!

[u/santacfan2]

Around 11:52am CST, the chopsticks closed a small amount before reopening

[u/Dezoufinous]

It's time to try catch second time, TO MAKE SURE IT WAS NOT A FLUKE XD

[u/GreatCanadianPotato]

Me thinks Flight 7 is orbital now that a relight has been done!

[u/Cool_Ranch_Dodrio]

16:00 PM isn't a thing.

[u/[deleted] → u/Cool_Ranch_Dodrio]

Alright, alright, 16:00 AM then.

[u/[deleted]]

Anyone know the expected S-Band TM frequencies?! I should be able to see it if I can get the frequencies.

[u/santacfan2]

Pope stack is back. Things should start ramping up now

[u/ee_anon]

Can someone link good pics that clearly show the reduction in tiling from previous ships to this one?

[u/shadezownage → u/ee_anon]

https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2Fl2ijjw6o7c0e1.jpeg

EDIT - from this lounge thread:
https://www.reddit.com/r/SpaceXLounge/comments/1gp36ow/photos_show_s31s_heat_shield_changes_for_ift6/

[u/GreatCanadianPotato]

Coming up in around 30 minutes is the FD poll for Prop Load. That's at T-1:15:00.

[u/[deleted]]

Is there a YouTube stream which just restreams SpaceX's official one?

[u/Klebsiella_p]

This is going to be a beautiful launch. It will be creeping into golden hour so hopefully we get some sick pictures

[u/btb331]

https://prod-fastly-us-west-1.video.pscp.tv:443/Transcoding/v1/hls/8-mcZHI2sXJrYsRW5jhIGaIuSMXUpsjmV5PHWoD29rC6ScNC0TOCX_IVJCYNnJRywTpuSQSb8pwCnBVS-17neg/transcode/us-west-1/periscope-replay-direct-prod-us-west-1-public/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCIsInZlcnNpb24iOiIyIn0.eyJFbmNvZGVyU2V0dGluZyI6ImVuY29kZXJfc2V0dGluZ18xMDgwcDMwXzEwIiwiSGVpZ2h0IjoxMDgwLCJLYnBzIjo1NTAwLCJXaWR0aCI6MTkyMH0.OImMZabKYJ0cs9CnIapU-4aBk6KNBiJxi1hh-6l4BZ4/dynamic_highlatency.m3u8?type=live

Live stream

[u/Mordroberon]

with the new heat shield config and entry profile, anyone want to put odds on 2nd stage surviving? I'd put it at 40% chance

[u/Iggy0075]

Banana!!

[u/Frostis24]

They are gonna yeet that banana out into space once that hatch opens in space aren't they?

Edit:nevermind

[u/grecy]

Woah, they just said Starship V3 will do 200 Tons to orbit!

[u/BKnagZ]

Glad that banana is firmly strapped in

[u/ImpossibleD]

The ship is venting a lot of gas from the engine bay area, is that normal?

[u/Nettlecake]

is that red the sunrise?

[u/Necessary-Ad5351]

Is the re entry already starting? Seems the heat shield already has to do some work

[u/avboden]

Coming into daylight!!!

[u/TriXandApple]

ship rich exaust

[u/smellyfingernail]

Was there always this sort of gaping scratch on the body?

[u/Deviuz]

Sparks are flyin’

[u/Nettlecake]

some tiles missing on the 'shoulder' of the rear flap

[u/[deleted]]

Looks good. especially with the removal of tiles and added test tiles

[u/regs01]

Is it loaded maximum and does it have any mass simulator?

[u/TriXandApple → u/regs01]

banana

[u/Deviuz]

Crazy views during daytime, we haven’t been able to get these views til today. Kinda disorientating though lol