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Starship Integrated Flight Test 4 Launch Discussion and Updates Thread! (self.spacex)
submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by threelonmusketeers to c/spacex
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Well folks, it's time for Starship IFT-4!

| Scheduled for (UTC) | 2024-06-06 12:50 | |

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| | Scheduled for (local) | 2024-06-06 07:50 (CDT) | | Launch Window (UTC) | 2024-06-06 12:00 to 2024-03-14 14:00 (120 minutes) | | Launch site | OLM-A, SpaceX Starbase, TX, USA. | | Booster | B11 | | Ship | S29 | | Booster landing | Soft water landing in the Gulf of Mexico | | Ship landing | Indian Ocean |

Webcasts

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| | Space Affairs | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FkQAU5sLck | | Everyday Astronaut | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VESowgMbjA | | Spaceflight Now | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFkqZF-Ss7o | | NASASpaceflight | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTkhv4fvOgA | | LabPadre | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c49s4fiyM3A | | The Launch Pad | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiMpEWtojmY | | SpaceX | https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1798689697184764071 | | The Space Devs | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ix-la4IqYlA |

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☑️ 2nd Starship Full Stack launch this year

☑️ 4th Starship Full Stack launch overall

☑️ 60th SpaceX launch this year

☑️ 371st SpaceX launch overall (including Starship hops)

☑️ 2nd launch from OLM-A this year

☑️ 83 days, 22:35:00 turnaround for this pad

Mission Details 🚀

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[–] alphatool 9 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Soft landing for super heavy ✅ Starship cruising in space ✅

A couple of engines failed, but wow, so much improvement on each flight.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago (1 children)

The Super Heavy hover looked way more stable than I was expecting. Amazing progress.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

The gridfins started getting active and I got some bad flashbacks, but they reigned it in for a really impressive soft landing

[–] threelonmusketeers 5 points 6 months ago

Yeah, I was getting nervous when the booster was plummeting at mach 2 only 10 km up and that grid fin started oscillating, but the landing burn looked super smooth, even with one engine out.