Integrated Flight Test 6
Starship
SpaceX
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Weather Forecast During Launch
The forecast calls for a temperature of 81°F, clear skies, 0% cloud cover and a wind speed of 16mph.
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 : 49 : 50 | Stage 2 LNG Load Start of liquid methane loading in the second stage |
| T- 00 : 49 : 21 | Stage 2 LOX Load Start of liquid oxygen loading in the second stage |
| T- 00 : 41 : 15 | Stage 1 LNG Load Start of liquid methane loading in the first stage |
| T- 00 : 35 : 39 | 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 : 32 | MECO Cut-off of the main engine |
| T+ 00 : 02 : 39 | Stage 2 Separation Separation of the second stage from the first |
| T+ 00 : 02 : 44 | Booster Boostback Burn Startup Start of the booster boostback burn |
| T+ 00 : 03 : 38 | Booster Boostback Burn Shutdown End of the booster boostback burn |
| T+ 00 : 03 : 40 | Booster Hot Stage Jettison Separation of the hot stage from the booster |
| T+ 00 : 06 : 25 | Booster Transonic Booster passing through the transonic regime |
| T+ 00 : 06 : 38 | Stage 1 Landing Burn Start of the first stage landing burn |
| T+ 00 : 07 : 00 | Stage 1 Landing Landing of the first stage |
| T+ 00 : 08 : 27 | SECO-1 First cut-off of the second engine |
| T+ 00 : 37 : 46 | SEB-2 2nd burn of the second engine |
| T+ 00 : 47 : 13 | Atmospheric Entry Start of the atmospheric re-entry |
| T+ 01 : 02 : 06 | Starship Transonic Starship passing through the transonic regime |
| T+ 01 : 03 : 12 | Starship Subsonic Starship reaches a subsonic velocity |
| T+ 01 : 04 : 56 | Landing Flip Flip maneuver to set the orientation for landing |
| T+ 01 : 05 : 01 | Starship Landing Burn Start of the Starship orbital stage landing burn |
| T+ 01 : 05 : 24 | Starship Landing Landing of the Starship orbital stage |
Mission
Integrated Flight Test 6
- Type: Test Flight
- Orbit: Suborbital
Sixth 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 9 rockets, including 0 orbital launch attempts. While SpaceX Starbase, TX, USA, has been the site for 18 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 13
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. Booster Booster 13 last launched 11/19/2024
and has seen 0 successful launches and landings. Super Heavy booster used for the sixth Starship integrated flight test.
Lost to the ocean after a soft splashdown, as part of an offshore divert from the originally planned tower catch at the launch site.
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.
Finally! The launch will hopefully be successful, what is interesting is that flight 5 was only like a month ago.
Any chance this storm will delay the launch Monday?
Anything is possible, I think it is too soon to know for sure.
LET THE “MAGIC’ BEGIN AGAIN……
Go SpaceX, Elon Musk Your the Goat
I hope that there will be a successful launch and recovery of the rocket Tomorrow.
ALL WENT WELL AARON.
Good luck on booster 13 and the works!…..Go..Spacex..go…..JUST DO IT!!!!
hi where can I watch it online please ? links don’t work on this page. Good luck anyway for the rocket
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