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Integrated Flight Test 3

Starship

SpaceX

Launch Status
Success

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Weather Forecast During Launch

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Trajectory

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Rocket Launch Timeline

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T- 01 : 15 : 00 GO for Prop Load
Launch director verifies go for propellant load
T- 00 : 53 : 00 Stage 2 LOX Load
Start of liquid oxygen loading in the second stage
T- 00 : 51 : 00 Stage 2 LNG Load
Start of liquid methane loading in the second stage
T- 00 : 42 : 00 Stage 1 LOX Load
Start of liquid oxygen loading in the first stage
T- 00 : 41 : 00 Stage 1 LNG Load
Start of liquid methane loading in the first stage
T- 00 : 19 : 40 Engine Chill
Start of engine chilling
T- 00 : 03 : 30 Stage 1 Propellant Load Complete
End of propellant loading in the first stage
T- 00 : 02 : 50 Stage 2 Propellant Load Complete
End of propellant loading in the second stage
T- 00 : 00 : 30 GO for Launch
Launch director verifies go for launch
T- 00 : 00 : 10 Flame Deflector Activation
Activation of the flame deflector ahead of engine ignition
T- 00 : 00 : 03 Ignition
Start of the engine ignition sequence
T+ 00 : 00 : 00 Excitement Guaranteed
Excitement guaranteed
T+ 00 : 00 : 02 Liftoff
First upwards movement of the rocket
T+ 00 : 00 : 52 Max-Q
Maximum dynamic pressure
T+ 00 : 02 : 42 MECO
Cut-off of the main engine
T+ 00 : 02 : 44 Stage 2 Separation
Separation of the second stage from the first
T+ 00 : 02 : 55 Booster Boostback Burn Startup
Start of the booster boostback burn
T+ 00 : 03 : 50 Booster Boostback Burn Shutdown
End of the booster boostback burn
T+ 00 : 06 : 36 Booster Transonic
Booster passing through the transonic regime
T+ 00 : 06 : 46 Stage 1 Landing Burn
Start of the first stage landing burn
T+ 00 : 07 : 04 Stage 1 Landing
Landing of the first stage
T+ 00 : 08 : 35 SECO-1
First cut-off of the second engine
T+ 00 : 11 : 56 Payload Door Open
Opening of the payload bay door
T+ 00 : 24 : 31 Propellant Transfer Demo
Technological demonstration of propellant transfer
T+ 00 : 40 : 46 SEB-2
2nd burn of the second engine
T+ 00 : 49 : 05 Atmospheric Entry
Start of the atmospheric re-entry
T+ 01 : 02 : 16 Starship Transonic
Starship passing through the transonic regime
T+ 01 : 03 : 04 Starship Subsonic
Starship reaches a subsonic velocity
T+ 01 : 04 : 39 Starship Landing
Landing of the Starship orbital stage

Mission

Integrated Flight Test 3

  • Type: Test Flight
  • Orbit: Suborbital

Third test flight of the two-stage Starship launch vehicle.

Location

Orbital Launch Mount A

SpaceX Starbase, TX, USA

Orbital Launch Mount A has witnessed the launch of 7 rockets, including 0 orbital launch attempts. While SpaceX Starbase, TX, USA, has been the site for 16 rocket launches.

Starbase is an industrial complex for Starship rockets and the headquarters of the American aerospace manufacturer company SpaceX. Located near Brownsville, Texas, United States, it has been under construction since the late 2010s by SpaceX. Starbase is composed of a spaceport near the Gulf of Mexico, a production facility at the Boca Chica village, and a small structure test site along the Texas State Highway 4.

Rocket

SpaceX Starship

Fully reusable two-stage super heavy-lift launch vehicle.

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Landing

Core Booster 10

Landing burn of Booster 10 failed. Booster Booster 10 last launched 03/14/2024 and has seen 0 successful launches and landings. Super Heavy booster used for the third Starship integrated flight test. It was lost to a hard water landing due to multiple Raptor engines failing to reignite.

Gulf of Mexico - GOM

Gulf of Mexico

Ocean - Ocean

No recovery attempt

Agency

SpaceX

Space Exploration Technologies Corp., known as SpaceX, is an American aerospace manufacturer and space transport services company headquartered in Hawthorne, California. It was founded in 2002 by entrepreneur Elon Musk with the goal of reducing space transportation costs and enabling the colonization of Mars. SpaceX operates from many pads, on the East Coast of the US they operate from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and historic LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center. They also operate from SLC-4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, usually for polar launches. Another launch site is being developed at Boca Chica, Texas.

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