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
01:31:50 SpaceX Flight Director conducts poll and verifies GO for propellant load
01:57:50 Ship fuel (liquid methane) load underway
01:59:50 Ship LOX (liquid oxygen) load underway
02:06:50 Booster fuel load underway
02:09:50 Booster LOX load underway
02:27:10 Raptor begins engine chill on booster and ship
02:43:30 Ship propellant load complete
02:44:00 Booster propellant load complete
02:46:20 SpaceX flight director verifies GO for launch
02:46:40 Flame deflector activation
02:46:47 Raptor ignition sequence begins
02:46:50 Excitement guaranteed
FLIGHT TEST TIMELINE
All Times Approximate
HR/MIN/SEC EVENT
02:46:52 Liftoff
02:47:52 Max Q (moment of peak mechanical stress on the rocket)
02:49:31 Super Heavy MECO (most engines cut off)
02:49:35 Hot-staging (Starship Raptor ignition and stage separation)
02:49:39 Super Heavy boostback burn startup
02:50:42 Super Heavy boostback burn shutdown
02:50:44 Hot-stage jettison
02:53:29 Super Heavy is transonic
02:53:33 Super Heavy landing burn startup
02:53:54 Super Heavy landing burn shutdown
02:55:13 Starship engine cutoff
03:34:15 Starship entry
03:49:01 Starship is transonic
03:49:51 Starship is subsonic
03:51:28 Landing flip
03:51:33 Landing burn
03:51:38 An exciting landing!
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