Well folks, Starship IFT-3 is finally here!
| Scheduled for (UTC) | 2024-03-14 13:25 |
|---|---|
| Scheduled for (local) | 2024-03-14 08:25 (CDT) |
| Launch Window (UTC) | 2024-03-14 12:00 to 2024-03-14 13:50 (110 minutes) |
| Launch site | OLM-A, SpaceX Starbase, TX, USA. |
| Booster | B10 |
| Ship | S28 |
| Booster landing | B10 to perform a soft water landing in the Gulf of Mexico |
| Ship landing | S28 expected to impact the Indian Ocean |
Webcasts
| Stream | Link |
|---|---|
| Space Affairs | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIde9hGPy18 |
| Everyday Astronaut | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixZpBOxMopc |
| Spaceflight Now | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfnkZFtHPmM |
| NASASpaceflight | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrxCYzixV3s |
| LabPadre | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbNL6cf1Rww |
| The Launch Pad | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-Mhe9ZIjo4 |
| SpaceX | https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1768258691319689232 |
| The Space Devs | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcTxmw_yZ_c |
Stats
Sourced from NextSpaceflight and r/SpaceX:
☑️ 3rd Starship Full Stack launch
☑️ 337th SpaceX launch overall (including Starship hops)
☑️ 25th SpaceX launch this year
☑️ 1st launch from OLM-A this year
☑️ 117 days, 0:22:10 turnaround for this pad
Mission Details 🚀
- SpaceX website (current): Starship’s Third Flight Test
- SpaceX website (archived 2024-03-13): Starship’s Third Flight Test
Link to Starship Dev thread
Still no signal from the ship. Reentry started a little bit early, so I would think it would be transonic by now.
Edit: Loss of S28 confirmed on the webcast. Now we just wait for Scott Manley and Zack Golden to tell us what happened :) See you all for IFT-4!
This thread definitely!
Time to go scrub our bathroom floors to get the concept out of the universe’s system.
Views of re-entry! Look at that plasma!
Wayward boats again…
https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1768243304054092192
New liftoff time is 8:02 a.m. CT, team is clearing a few boats from the keep out area in the Gulf of Mexico
On the bright side, it’s now scheduled for after sunrise, and the fog seems to be clearing!
Edit: https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1768246454328742222
Shifting T-0 a few more minutes to give boats time to clear the keep out area, now targeting 8:10 a.m. CT
Dang boats, always disappoint. Hopefully it’s for the best!
Looks like the ship lost roll control. It was re-entering pretty side on instead of belly first. Tim Dodd thought the hot gas thrusters may have gotten clogged with ice.
well, that was pretty good. i wonder why the booster reentry was oscilating so much, and the ship reentry didnt seem very controlled either. incredible video from the ship during reentry though.
Thanks to everyone posting in here, couldn’t watch the webcast so it was good to catch up on everything that happened!
SECO and nominal orbit insertion for Starship!
Booster survived the boostback burn this time!
Edit: Looks like there was an issue with re-entry and landing burn, but the booster made it further than last time!
Everyday astronaut stream has a thermal camera showing fueling
Onboard views from the booster and ship this time!
45 seconds in, amazing all engines look great
It is looking like it might go on first attempt!
I think this is the correct link for the SpaceX official feed on X/Twitter: https://twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1LyxBnOvzvOxN
Looks like it’s scheduled to start at 6:56 CDT now that launch is targeting 7:30 AM CDT.
Thanks! Added to the main post.
That fog cleared fast!
