SpaceX launches Starship Flight 4: Starship 29 and Booster 11 on the fourth orbital test flight!
This test flight aims to improve on IFT-1, 2, and 3, SpaceX’s first, second, and third attempts at launching a full-stack Starship.
The launch will take off at SpaceX’s Starbase in south Texas, USA.
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COUNTDOWN
All times approximate
HR/MIN/SEC EVENT
01:15:00 SpaceX Flight Director conducts poll and verifies GO for propellant load
00:49:00 Ship fuel (liquid methane) load underway
00:47:00 Ship LOX (liquid oxygen) load underway
00:40:00 Booster fuel load underway
00:37:00 Booster LOX load underway
00:19:40 Raptor begins engine chill on booster and ship
00:03:20 Ship propellant load complete
00:02:50 Booster 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 Approximate
HR/MIN/SEC EVENT
00:00:02 Liftoff
00:01:02 Max Q (moment of peak mechanical stress on the rocket)
00:02:41 Super Heavy MECO (most engines cut off)
00:02:45 Hot-staging (Starship Raptor ignition and stage separation)
00:02:49 Super Heavy boostback burn startup
00:03:52 Super Heavy boostback burn shutdown
00:03:54 Hot-stage jettison
00:06:39 Super Heavy is transonic
00:06:43 Super Heavy landing burn startup
00:07:04 Super Heavy landing burn shutdown
00:08:23 Starship engine cutoff
00:47:25 Starship entry
01:03:11 Starship is transonic
01:04:01 Starship is subsonic
01:05:38 Landing flip
01:05:43 Landing burn
01:05:48 An exciting landing!
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