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SpaceX Starship IFT #6 - Booster lands in GoM, Starship lands in Indian Ocean
Posted on 11/19/24 at 12:47 pm
Posted on 11/19/24 at 12:47 pm
This post was edited on 11/19/24 at 5:43 pm
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Top RepliesPosted on 11/19/24 at 7:28 pm to Btrtigerfan
Posted on 11/19/24 at 7:31 pm to rt3
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Posted on 11/19/24 at 12:51 pm to rt3
A couple changes for this flight...
An in-space engine relight test is planned for Starship
Starship will try reentry at a steeper angle than previous flight tests
Booster will try to park itself between the chopsticks from a faster speed... testing to see how quickly they can slow booster during its landing burn
An in-space engine relight test is planned for Starship
Starship will try reentry at a steeper angle than previous flight tests
Booster will try to park itself between the chopsticks from a faster speed... testing to see how quickly they can slow booster during its landing burn
This post was edited on 11/19/24 at 12:52 pm
Posted on 11/19/24 at 12:54 pm to rt3
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Booster will try to park itself between the chopsticks from a faster speed... testing to see how quickly they can slow booster during its landing burn
This sounds like we might see an explosion this time
Posted on 11/19/24 at 12:54 pm to rt3
Trump will be in the audience! 
Will be curious to see if the booster engines are orange on the way back down like they were on the last flight, hopefully they have a fix for that to stop the outer engine warping as that obviously torpedoes reusability for the booster.
Will be curious to see if the booster engines are orange on the way back down like they were on the last flight, hopefully they have a fix for that to stop the outer engine warping as that obviously torpedoes reusability for the booster.
Posted on 11/19/24 at 12:55 pm to upgrayedd
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This sounds like we might see an explosion this time
As SpaceX/Elon has previously said... "excitement guaranteed"
Posted on 11/19/24 at 12:55 pm to GeneralLee
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Will be curious to see if the booster engines are orange on the way back down like they were on the last flight, hopefully they have a fix for that to stop the outer engine warping as that obviously torpedoes reusability for the booster.
If something goes wrong, the headlines are going to be fun to read
Posted on 11/19/24 at 1:04 pm to upgrayedd
Also... the 4 PM central time launch is supposed to (hopefully) give us views of Starship splashing down in the Indian Ocean in daylight instead of darkness of night
This post was edited on 11/19/24 at 1:06 pm
Posted on 11/19/24 at 1:13 pm to rt3
Does the navy pick these guys up?
Posted on 11/19/24 at 1:18 pm to upgrayedd
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Does the navy pick these guys up?
Who?
Posted on 11/19/24 at 1:20 pm to upgrayedd
There are no guys
Posted on 11/19/24 at 1:29 pm to rt3
Posted on 11/19/24 at 1:31 pm to upgrayedd
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Does the navy pick these guys up?
The Starships are becoming coral reefs at the bottom of the Indian Ocean
Posted on 11/19/24 at 1:31 pm to Btrtigerfan
God I want them to IPO so I can give them all my money
Posted on 11/19/24 at 1:35 pm to rt3
This is also the final flight of the 1st version of Starships
IFT-7 should be the debut of Starship v2.0 with some big upgrades
IFT-7 should be the debut of Starship v2.0 with some big upgrades
Posted on 11/19/24 at 1:35 pm to upgrayedd
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This sounds like we might see an explosion this time
Don’t you mean a “Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly”??
Posted on 11/19/24 at 1:42 pm to rt3
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Booster will try to park itself between the chopsticks from a faster speed... testing to see how quickly they can slow booster during its landing burn
I think they nail the second landing. I am curious if the starship survives, they removed some heat tiles to see the limits. It is tiles where landing pins will need to be for catch.
Posted on 11/19/24 at 2:34 pm to DarthRebel
Less than 90 minutes to the launch window opening
The stream lost its cameras for a moment b/c of a certain plane flying by
The stream lost its cameras for a moment b/c of a certain plane flying by
This post was edited on 11/19/24 at 2:42 pm
Posted on 11/19/24 at 3:10 pm to upgrayedd
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If something goes wrong, the headlines are going to be fun to read
SpaceX is not concerned about that. They accept risk and learn from their mistakes. Unlike Boeing.
Posted on 11/19/24 at 3:11 pm to Stinger_1066
LOX & methane load for Starship has started
Posted on 11/19/24 at 3:19 pm to rt3
Prop load now underway on Super Heavy Booster as well
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