this post was submitted on 19 Nov 2024
19 points (100.0% liked)

SpaceX

1959 readers
15 users here now

A community for discussing SpaceX.

Related space communities:

Memes:

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
19
submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by threelonmusketeers to c/spacex
 

Well folks, it's time for Starship IFT-6! Another booster RTLS and chopsticks catch attempt, as well as the first in-space Raptor relight attempt.

| Scheduled for (UTC) | 2024-11-19 22:00 | |


|


| | Scheduled for (local) | 2024-11-19 16:00 (CDT) | | Launch Window (UTC) | 2024-11-19 22:00 to 2024-11-19 22:30 (30 minutes) | | Launch site | Pad A, SpaceX Starbase, TX, USA. | | Booster | B13 | | Ship | S31 | | Booster landing | Chopsticks catch at Pad A or soft water landing in Gulf of Mexico | | Ship landing | Indian Ocean |

Webcasts

| Stream | Link | |


|


| | Space Affairs | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucEu075bgx0 | | Everyday Astronaut | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjDFirLcQDM | | Spaceflight Now | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtmvbQDou4I | | NASASpaceflight | Stakeout stream, launch stream | | LabPadre | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdGJ5p4PP1M | | The Launch Pad | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSxOuFrqyks | | VideoFromSpace | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7cM90N-CDc | | SpaceX | https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1857841326542434339 | | The Space Devs | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpyWcPuepV8 |

Stats

Sourced from NextSpaceflight and r/SpaceX:

☑️ 4th Starship Full Stack launch this year

☑️ 6th Starship Full Stack launch overall

☑️ 119th SpaceX launch this year

☑️ 431st SpaceX launch overall (including Starship hops)

☑️ 4th launch from Pad A this year

☑️ 37 days, 9:35:00 turnaround for this pad

Mission Details 🚀

Highlights from Elon

The objectives for Starship Flight 6 are:

  1. Restart of Raptor engines in vacuum.
  2. Daylight landing of the ship.
  3. Higher peak heating (steeper) reentry.
  4. Faster/harder booster catch.

There are thousands of small design changes also being tested.

Link to Starship Dev thread

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] threelonmusketeers 5 points 1 week ago

Raptor startup and shutdown confirmed. Pretty short burn, maybe only 5 to 10 seconds.