REPLAY: SpaceX Starship Flight 5! Booster Catch!
SpaceX launches Starship Flight 5: Ship 30 and Booster 12 on the fifth orbital test flight!
This test flight aims to improve on IFT-1, 2, and 3, and Test Flight 4, SpaceX's first, second, third, and fourth attempts at launching a full-stack Starship.
The launch will take off at SpaceX's Starbase in south Texas, USA.
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COUNTDOWN
All times approximate
HR/MIN/SEC EVENT
01:15:00 SpaceX Flight Director conducts poll and verifies GO for propellant load
00:49:50 Ship fuel (liquid methane) load underway
00:48:40 Ship LOX (liquid oxygen) load underway
00:40:40 Booster fuel load underway
00:34:03 Booster LOX load underway
00:19:40 Raptor begins engine chill on booster and ship
00:03:20 Ship propellant load complete
00:02:50 Booster propellant load complete
00:00:30 SpaceX flight director verifies GO for launch
00:00:10 Flame deflector activation
00:00:03 Raptor ignition sequence begins
00:00:00 Excitement guaranteed
FLIGHT TEST TIMELINE
All Times Approximate
HR/MIN/SEC EVENT
00:00:02 Liftoff
00:01:02 Max Q (moment of peak mechanical stress on the rocket)
00:02:33 Super Heavy MECO (most engines cut off)
00:02:41 Hot-staging (Starship Raptor ignition and stage separation)
00:02:48 Super Heavy boostback burn start
00:03:41 Super Heavy boostback burn shutdown
00:03:43 Hot-stage jettison
00:06:08 Super Heavy is supersonic
00:06:33 Super Heavy landing burn start
00:06:50 Super Heavy splashdown if no catch attempt
00:06:56 Super Heavy landing burn shutdown and catch attempt
00:08:27 Starship engine cutoff
00:48:03 Starship entry
01:02:34 Starship is transonic
01:03:43 Starship is subsonic
01:05:15 Landing flip
01:05:20 Landing burn
01:05:34 An exciting landing!
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