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c/spacex · by threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works · 2y

Starship Integrated Flight Test 3 Launch Discussion and Updates Thread!

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 🚀

Link to Starship Dev thread

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38 Comments

threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works · 11 pts · 2y

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!

threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 2y (1 reply)

This thread definitely!

clothes@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y

Time to go scrub our bathroom floors to get the concept out of the universe's system.

threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 2y

Views of re-entry! Look at that plasma!

Tai@lemm.ee · 6 pts · 2y

Thanks to everyone posting in here, couldn't watch the webcast so it was good to catch up on everything that happened!

reddithalation@sopuli.xyz · 6 pts · 2y

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.

threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 2y

SECO and nominal orbit insertion for Starship!

JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 2y

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.

threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 2y

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!

HootinNHollerin@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y

Everyday astronaut stream has a thermal camera showing fueling

RoundSparrow@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 2y

It is looking like it might go on first attempt!

threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 2y

Onboard views from the booster and ship this time!

RoundSparrow@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 2y

45 seconds in, amazing all engines look great

clothes@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y

That fog cleared fast!

threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 2y

They just announced that the PEZ door is opening.

threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 2y

Hot Staging!

Sibbo@sopuli.xyz · 4 pts · 2y (1 reply)

I can't watch any videos right now, how is it going?

Wilshire@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y

Starship is descending into the atmosphere

Wings have just folded at 110km altitude

threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 2y (1 reply)

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

thedarkfly@feddit.nl · 2 pts · 2y

Dang boats, always disappoint. Hopefully it's for the best!

threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 2y

Liftoff!

thedarkfly@feddit.nl · 4 pts · 2y (1 reply)

So I guess still no orbital flight for test 4? I imagine relighting an engine in space was a requirement.

threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 2y

Yeah, that would seem prudent. Wouldn't want a Starship stuck in orbit and then reentering uncontrollably, a la Long March 5B.

threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 2y

T-0 pushed by 30 minutes: https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1768231845551096149

Weather is 70% favorable for today’s third integrated flight test of Starship.

The live webcast will begin ~30 minutes before liftoff, which is currently targeted for 7:30 a.m. CT → https://www.spacex.com/launches/mission/?missionId=starship-flight-3

Robomekk@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 2y (1 reply)

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.

threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 2y

Thanks! Added to the main post.

threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Hosted webcast is back. Payload door opening and propellant transfer were tested, still awaiting data review. Raptor relight imminent.

Edit: It sounds like Starship decided to skip the raptor relight. Going straight to reentry.

clothes@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y

As much as I'd like for those rotations to be intentional, for now I'm assuming they didn't relight because they lost orientational control.

clothes@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y

Launch time has been pushed 30 min (7:30 local). The window is 110 minutes.

RoundSparrow@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 2y (2 replies)

Starship is supposed to coast for the next 30 minutes, until T+ 40

threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Any news on the propellant transfer demo?

RoundSparrow@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 2y

they announced it completed. Not sure if it worked as intended.

threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 2y

Prop load closed out. Winds are looking good.

threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 2y

SpaceX are live. Kate Tice and Siva Bharadvaj are hosting.

threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 2y

Prop load soon!

https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1768251797846847981

The Starship team is go for prop load but keeping an eye on winds, now targeting 8:25 a.m. CT for liftoff

threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 2y

Prop load has started on ship and booster:

https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1768254337204260905

Propellant load of Starship’s upper stage is now underway

https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1768255938526626089

Prop load of the Super Heavy booster is underway

Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz · 2 pts · 2y

Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I've seen in this thread:

Fewer Letters More Letters
LOX Liquid Oxygen
MECO Main Engine Cut-Off
~ MainEngineCutOff podcast
OLM Orbital Launch Mount
SECO Second-stage Engine Cut-Off
Jargon Definition
Raptor Methane-fueled rocket engine under development by SpaceX

5 acronyms in this thread; the most compressed thread commented on today has 19 acronyms.

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Robomekk@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 2y

Looks like some sort of fuelling is underway.