Integrated Flight Test 5
Starship
SpaceX
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| T- 01 : 15 : 00 | GO for Prop Load Launch director verifies go for propellant load |
| T- 00 : 49 : 50 | Stage 2 LNG Load Start of liquid methane loading in the second stage |
| T- 00 : 48 : 40 | Stage 2 LOX Load Start of liquid oxygen loading in the second stage |
| T- 00 : 40 : 40 | Stage 1 LNG Load Start of liquid methane loading in the first stage |
| T- 00 : 34 : 03 | Stage 1 LOX Load Start of liquid oxygen loading in the first stage |
| T- 00 : 19 : 40 | Engine Chill Start of engine chilling |
| T- 00 : 03 : 20 | Stage 2 Propellant Load Complete End of propellant loading in the second stage |
| T- 00 : 02 : 50 | Stage 1 Propellant Load Complete End of propellant loading in the first 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 : 01 : 02 | Max-Q Maximum dynamic pressure |
| T+ 00 : 02 : 33 | MECO Cut-off of the main engine |
| T+ 00 : 02 : 41 | Stage 2 Separation Separation of the second stage from the first |
| T+ 00 : 02 : 48 | Booster Boostback Burn Startup Start of the booster boostback burn |
| T+ 00 : 03 : 41 | Booster Boostback Burn Shutdown End of the booster boostback burn |
| T+ 00 : 03 : 43 | Booster Hot Stage Jettison Separation of the hot stage from the booster |
| T+ 00 : 06 : 08 | Booster Supersonic Booster is supersonic |
| T+ 00 : 06 : 33 | Stage 1 Landing Burn Start of the first stage landing burn |
| T+ 00 : 06 : 50 | Stage 1 Splashdown Splashdown of the first stage |
| T+ 00 : 06 : 56 | Stage 1 Landing Landing of the first stage |
| T+ 00 : 08 : 27 | SECO-1 First cut-off of the second engine |
| T+ 00 : 48 : 03 | Atmospheric Entry Start of the atmospheric re-entry |
| T+ 01 : 02 : 34 | Starship Transonic Starship passing through the transonic regime |
| T+ 01 : 03 : 43 | Starship Subsonic Starship reaches a subsonic velocity |
| T+ 01 : 05 : 15 | Landing Flip Flip maneuver to set the orientation for landing |
| T+ 01 : 05 : 20 | Starship Landing Burn Start of the Starship orbital stage landing burn |
| T+ 01 : 05 : 34 | Starship Landing Landing of the Starship orbital stage |
Mission
Integrated Flight Test 5
- Type: Test Flight
- Orbit: Suborbital
Fifth 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.
Landing
Core Booster 12
The Superheavy booster No. 12 has successfully returned to the launch site at Starbase. Booster Booster 12 last launched 10/13/2024
and has seen 1 successful launches and landings. Super Heavy booster used for the fifth Starship integrated flight test.
First Super Heavy sucessfully caught.
A sonic boom is likely to occur a few minutes after launch as the booster returns to the launch site. Be prepared for a loud but thrilling experience! Learn more about rocket launch sonic booms
Orbital Launch Mount A - OLM-A
Return to Launch Site - RTLS
A return to launch site usually means that after stage separation the booster flips and does a burn back towards the launch site, landing near where it initially launched from.
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.
Will SpaceX try to catch the superheavy booster this time using the “chopsticks?” That would be the next milestone in the testing program for the largest flying object ever created by man.
What are odds of actually launching in August at Boca Chica
Apparently slim and none…
SPACE TECHNOLOLGY AT ITS VERY BEST.
Go SpaceX Starship
Have a safe flight .good luck. Starship.
Go SpaceX go Starship!. I hope we make it to mars by next year and I also hope the starship does not explode like the first lanuch
We will not make it to mars next year we need to go to the moon first and god knows when that will happen based on NASA’s current schedule for the SLS
Put your money for 2026 for the moon……Mars can wait.!
The FAA moved Starship launch date to late Nov.2024.
are you sure in 2024?
A date has not been set, check back for updates.
now spaceX lanch in 2 months
I hope for a successful Starship mission
I think that this flight will be successful but we will not get to Mars by 2026, but we will get to the moon.
It looks like the launch 🚀 is scheduled for Sunday October 13th 2024.