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 🚀
- SpaceX website (current): Starship’s Third Flight Test
- SpaceX website (archived 2024-03-13): Starship’s Third Flight Test
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.
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.