SpaceX is about to launch Starship 25 and Booster 9 on the program’s second orbital test flight! IFT-2 will launch NET on November 18th between 7 a.m. and 7:20 a.m. CST (13:00 to 13:20 Zulu Time/GMT), and you can watch it LIVE with me and the rest of the WAI team!
We have 4k cameras in place and close to the pad!
This test flight aims to improve on IFT-1, SpaceX’s first attempt at launching a full-stack Starship on April 20th, 2023.
The launch will take off at SpaceX’s Starbase in south Texas, USA. Here’s the launch timeline with event times before and after ignition.
For more info on the upcoming flight, go to
COUNTDOWN
All times approximate
HR/MIN/SEC
02:00:00 SpaceX Flight Director conducts poll and verifies GO for propellant load
01:37:00 Booster LOX (liquid oxygen) load underway
01:37:00 Booster fuel load (liquid methane) underway
01:17:00 Ship fuel load (liquid methane) underway
01:13:00 Ship LOX load underway
00:19:40 Raptor begins engine chill on booster and ship
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
00:00:02 Liftoff
00:00:52 Max Q (moment of peak mechanical stress on the rocket)
00:02:39 Booster MECO (most engines cut off)
00:02:41 Hot-staging (Starship Raptor ignition and stage separation)
00:02:53 Booster boostback burn startup
00:03:47 Booster boostback burn shutdown
00:06:18 Booster is transonic
00:06:30 Booster landing burn startup
00:06:48 Booster landing burn shutdown
00:08:33 Starship engine cutoff
01:17:21 Starship entry
01:28:43 Starship is transonic
01:30:00 An exciting landing!
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Editing: John Young, Alex Potvin, Stefanie Schlang
Photography: John Cargile, John Winkopp & Stefanie Schlang
3D Animation: Voop3D
Script & Research: Eryk Gawron, Oskar Wrobel, Felix Schlang
Host: Felix Schlang
Production: Stefanie & Felix Schlang
Graphics & Media Processing: Jonathan Heuer, Felix Schlang
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