Starship Integrated Flight Test 3 Launch Discussion and Updates Thread!
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 |
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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 |
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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
Link to Starship Dev thread
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Countdown and Flight Test Timeline (from SpaceX Site)
Countdown All times approximate Hr/Min/Sec Event
- 01:15:00 SpaceX Flight Director conducts poll and verifies GO for propellant load
- 00:53:00 Ship LOX (liquid oxygen) load underway
- 00:51:00 Ship fuel (liquid methane) load underway
- 00:42:00 Booster LOX load underway
- 00:41:00 Booster fuel load underway
- 00:19:40 Raptor begins engine chill on booster and ship
- 00:03:30 Booster propellant load complete
- 00:02:50 Ship propellant load complete
- 00:00:30 SpaceX flight director verifies GO for launch
- 00:00:10 Flame deflector activation
- 00:00:03 Raptor ignition sequence begins
- 00:00:00 Excitement guaranteed
Flight Test Timeline All times are approximate Hr/Min/Sec Event
- 00:00:02 Liftoff
- 00:00:52 Max Q (moment of peak mechanical stress on the rocket)
- 00:02:42 Booster MECO (most engines cut off)
- 00:02:44 Hot-staging (Starship Raptor ignition and stage separation)
- 00:02:55 Booster boostback burn startup
- 00:03:50 Booster boostback burn shutdown
- 00:06:36 Booster is transonic
- 00:06:46 Booster landing burn startup
- 00:07:04 Booster landing burn shutdown
- 00:08:35 Starship engine cutoff
- 00:11:56 Payload door open
- 00:24:31 Propellant transfer demo
- 00:28:21 Payload door close
- 00:40:46 Raptor in-space relight demo
- 00:49:05 Starship entry
- 01:02:16 Starship is transonic
- 01:03:04 Starship is subsonic
- 01:04:39 An exciting landing!
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