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Welcome to the /c/SpaceX Integrated Flight Test 2 Official Launch Discussion & Updates Thread!

| Scheduled for (UTC) | 2023-11-18 13:00 | |


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| | Scheduled for (local) | 2023-11-18 07:00 (CST) | | Launch Window (UTC) | 2023-11-18 13:00 to 2023-11-18 13:20 (20 minutes) | | Weather | Good | | Launch site | OLM-A, SpaceX Starbase, TX, USA. | | Booster | B9 | | Ship | S25 | | Booster landing | B9 to perform a soft water landing in the Gulf of Mexico | | Ship landing | S25 expected to impact Pacific Ocean near Hawaii |

Webcasts

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| | Everyday Astronaut (4k and low latency) | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6na40SqzYnU | Spaceflight Now | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-LFzFWaACo | LabPadre | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwhcSwQWOHk | NASASpaceflight | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOI35G7cP7o | The Launch Pad | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0K0uSDE6ks | Space Affairs | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XbmBspvaHE | SpaceX | https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1725852544587727145#m | The Space Devs | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CREQ3e2Li34

Stats

☑️ 2nd Starship Full Stack launch

☑️ 299th SpaceX launch all time

☑️ 86th SpaceX launch this year

☑️ 2nd launch from OLM-A this year

☑️ 211 days, 23:27:00 turnaround for this pad

Stats include F1, F9 , FH and Starship

Mission Details 🚀

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[–] clothes@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It's hard to tell from ground cameras, but I'm wondering whether the booster flipped upsidedown after separation. Seems like it really rotated hard.

If the SpaceX overlay graphic is accurate, it seems like a number of engines went out shortly after the relight for the boostback burn, around T+02:53. Asymmetric thrust could have contributed to extra rotation and loss of control.