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SpaceX Starship Test Flight #10 | Booster Splashes in Gulf, Ship Lands in Indian Ocean
Posted on 8/24/25 at 12:14 am
Posted on 8/24/25 at 12:14 am
After the little snafu with Starship 36... we're finally ready to light the candle again for the 10th test flight of the Starship program.
Super Heavy Booster #16 teams up with an unexpected partner, Starship #37, in the hopes that FINALLY the block 2 (or v2.0) Starship can fully complete its flight plan without losing attitude control and burning up in the atmosphere
Today's flight plan:
- You'll notice... there will NOT be an attempt to catch the Super Heavy Booster back at the launch site with the chopsticks. SpaceX is once again trying to see what kind of angles the booster can reenter at and survive. They tested this last time and the angle caused damage which caused the booster to suffer a RUD when the engines lit for the landing burn (all within test parameters). I also believe they want to test if an outer ring engine can make up for a failed middle ring engine during either the boost back burn or landing burn
- There are 2 planned tests during the coast phase, an engine relight test & a payload deployment test with Starlink satellite simulants... 2 tests they've been trying to do for the last few flights but haven't been able to do due to the vehicle's loss of control
And in case you forgot what happened to Starship 36...
Super Heavy Booster #16 teams up with an unexpected partner, Starship #37, in the hopes that FINALLY the block 2 (or v2.0) Starship can fully complete its flight plan without losing attitude control and burning up in the atmosphere
Today's flight plan:
- You'll notice... there will NOT be an attempt to catch the Super Heavy Booster back at the launch site with the chopsticks. SpaceX is once again trying to see what kind of angles the booster can reenter at and survive. They tested this last time and the angle caused damage which caused the booster to suffer a RUD when the engines lit for the landing burn (all within test parameters). I also believe they want to test if an outer ring engine can make up for a failed middle ring engine during either the boost back burn or landing burn
- There are 2 planned tests during the coast phase, an engine relight test & a payload deployment test with Starlink satellite simulants... 2 tests they've been trying to do for the last few flights but haven't been able to do due to the vehicle's loss of control
And in case you forgot what happened to Starship 36...
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Posted on 8/24/25 at 12:22 am to rt3
In!
Posted on 8/24/25 at 12:36 am to rt3
Posted on 8/24/25 at 12:52 am to DVinBR
For your late night viewing to wet your whistle prior to the Starship launch... a Falcon IX launch to resupply the ISS
and a booster landing on the droneship "A Shortfall of Gravitas"
launch window opens at 1:45 AM CDT
and a booster landing on the droneship "A Shortfall of Gravitas"
launch window opens at 1:45 AM CDT
Posted on 8/24/25 at 5:05 am to rt3
There’s a bunch of Mexican environmentalists that were planning to disrupt the launch by having boats near the booster landing area in the Gulf. Hopefully the Coast Guard will take care of things.
Posted on 8/24/25 at 5:51 am to rt3
Man I’d really like to see a successful test today.
Posted on 8/24/25 at 6:11 am to HeadCall
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Man I’d really like to see a successful test today.
All that talk about returning to the moon and on to Mars to become multi-planetary is not going to happen if these ships don't work.
Posted on 8/24/25 at 8:01 am to aTmTexas Dillo
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All that talk about returning to the moon and on to Mars to become multi-planetary is not going to happen if these ships don't work.
Yeah its almost as if space travel is really hard.
Posted on 8/24/25 at 8:04 am to SG_Geaux
It’s not that hard bro we landed on the moon in the 1960s.
Posted on 8/24/25 at 9:53 am to GeorgeTheGreek
The NSF stakeout stream... essentially the pregame stream
Posted on 8/24/25 at 9:59 am to rt3
This will be NSF's flight stream
Posted on 8/24/25 at 10:04 am to rt3
I’m an Everyday Astronaut guy myself
Posted on 8/24/25 at 12:23 pm to rt3
Heavy clouds moving in... weather might be an issue
Posted on 8/24/25 at 12:29 pm to rt3
Posted on 8/24/25 at 12:39 pm to rt3
Still at 45% favorable?
Posted on 8/24/25 at 1:55 pm to rt3
Launch Day info-graphic flood.
A lot of experimentation on this one as always. The payload is the data harvested. Thanks to Starlink, enthusiasts like me get live hi-def video of the launch and re-entry events.
A lot of experimentation on this one as always. The payload is the data harvested. Thanks to Starlink, enthusiasts like me get live hi-def video of the launch and re-entry events.
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Posted on 8/24/25 at 3:35 pm to rt3
Posted on 8/24/25 at 3:37 pm to rt3
This is the fake public stuff. The real space force shite is Star Wars like
Posted on 8/24/25 at 4:02 pm to TutHillTiger
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The real space force shite is Star Wars like
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Posted on 8/24/25 at 4:04 pm to Btrtigerfan
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Live technical update starting any minute.
Just got delayed one hour. Starting now at 5pm CDT.
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