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Starship | Integrated Flight Test 3

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SpaceX · Starship V1 · Orbital Launch Pad 1, SpaceX Starbase, TX, USA

SpaceX's 336th launch · 25th this year

T− --:--:--March 14, 2024 · 13:25 UTCAdd to calendar
Success70% go

The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).

Window: Mar 14, 12:00Mar 14, 13:50 UTC

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Integrated Flight Test 3

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

Test Flight · Suborbital (Sub)

Booster

  • Booster 10 · flight 1 · Ocean @ Gulf of Mexico · landing failed · zone record 18/22

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Flight timeline

  1. T−1H15MGO for Prop Load
  2. T−53MStage 2 LOX Load
  3. T−51MStage 2 LNG Load
  4. T−42MStage 1 LOX Load
  5. T−41MStage 1 LNG Load
  6. T−19M40SEngine Chill
  7. T−3M30SStage 1 Propellant Load Complete
  8. T−2M50SStage 2 Propellant Load Complete
  9. T−30SGO for Launch
  10. T−10SFlame Deflector Activation
  11. T−3SIgnition
  12. P0DExcitement Guaranteed
  13. T+2SLiftoff
  14. T+52SMax-Q
  15. T+2M42SMECO
  16. T+2M44SStage 2 Separation
  17. T+2M55SBooster Boostback Burn Startup
  18. T+3M50SBooster Boostback Burn Shutdown
  19. T+6M36SBooster Transonic
  20. T+6M46SStage 1 Landing Burn
  21. T+7M4SStage 1 Landing
  22. T+8M35SSECO-1
  23. T+11M56SPayload Door Open
  24. T+24M31SPropellant Transfer Demo
  25. T+40M46SSEB-2
  26. T+49M5SAtmospheric Entry
  27. T+1H2M16SStarship Transonic
  28. T+1H3M4SStarship Subsonic
  29. T+1H4M39SStarship Landing

Updates

  • Successful launch of Starship on a nominal suborbital trajectory all the way to atmospheric re-entry, which it did not survive. Super Heavy experienced a hard water landing due to multiple Raptor engines failing to reignite.

    Nosu · 3/14/2024 · source

  • Liftoff

    hitura-nobad · 3/14/2024 · source

  • T-0 now 13:25 UTC

    hitura-nobad · 3/14/2024 · source

  • T-0 now 13:10 UTC due to boats in the keep out zone

    hitura-nobad · 3/14/2024 · source

  • New T-0.

    Cosmic_Penguin · 3/14/2024 · source

  • New T-0.

    Cosmic_Penguin · 3/14/2024 · source

  • Livestream has started

    LL2 · 3/14/2024 · source

  • Setting GO

    hitura-nobad · 3/13/2024 · source

  • Added launch window per marine navigation warnings. Launch date is pending FAA launch license modification approval.

    Cosmic_Penguin · 3/6/2024 · source

  • NET March 14, pending regulatory approval

    Nosu · 3/6/2024 · source

Pad — Orbital Launch Pad 1

Local pad time: Mar 14, 8:25 AM CDT

11 launches from this pad · 21 from SpaceX Starbase, TX, USA

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