Starship prototype #11 launch attempt today-SCRUBBED
Screen capture from LabPadre Nerdle camera live stream,
taken at 8:30 am (Pacific).
UPDATE: The test flight has been scrubbed for today, March 26th. They have not yet indicated why they scrubbed, or when they will try again.
Original post:
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Though SpaceX has not yet announced whether it will live stream the event, the company is going to attempt a six-mile flight of its eleventh Starship prototype today.
The following live streams are presently available if you wish to watch:
- Labpadre’s 24/7 live stream, with eight other cameras also available
- NASASpaceFlight’s live stream
I will add other live streams as they become available. And if If SpaceX adds its own live stream I will embed it below.
UPDATE: SpaceX has now announced that it will live feed today’s Starship test flight. I will embed that broadcast below, when it goes live.
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Screen capture from LabPadre Nerdle camera live stream,
taken at 8:30 am (Pacific).
UPDATE: The test flight has been scrubbed for today, March 26th. They have not yet indicated why they scrubbed, or when they will try again.
Original post:
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Though SpaceX has not yet announced whether it will live stream the event, the company is going to attempt a six-mile flight of its eleventh Starship prototype today.
The following live streams are presently available if you wish to watch:
- Labpadre’s 24/7 live stream, with eight other cameras also available
- NASASpaceFlight’s live stream
I will add other live streams as they become available. And if If SpaceX adds its own live stream I will embed it below.
UPDATE: SpaceX has now announced that it will live feed today’s Starship test flight. I will embed that broadcast below, when it goes live.
On Christmas Eve 1968 three Americans became the first humans to visit another world. What they did to celebrate was unexpected and profound, and will be remembered throughout all human history. Genesis: the Story of Apollo 8, Robert Zimmerman's classic history of humanity's first journey to another world, tells that story, and it is now available as both an ebook and an audiobook, both with a foreword by Valerie Anders and a new introduction by Robert Zimmerman.
The ebook is available everywhere for $5.99 (before discount) at amazon, or direct from my ebook publisher, ebookit. If you buy it from ebookit you don't support the big tech companies and the author gets a bigger cut much sooner.
The audiobook is also available at all these vendors, and is also free with a 30-day trial membership to Audible.
"Not simply about one mission, [Genesis] is also the history of America's quest for the moon... Zimmerman has done a masterful job of tying disparate events together into a solid account of one of America's greatest human triumphs."--San Antonio Express-News
Other live streams:
Marcus House – https://youtu.be/Uzf2RDEC49g
What About It – https://youtu.be/PgOxxS_jJRE (he’s playing with a giant 3D-printed model of a Raptor right now, keen!)
Surprised that Everyday Astronaut is not online…
V-Man: It appears these two live streams are simply using the LabPadre feed.
Just to be sure I understand, Starship is not really intended to launch itself into orbit, right? It’s meant be the payload on a Falcon Heavy.
This is basically testing a super-big crew capsule. Nominally, if it flies on its own on the way up, it’s the launch abort system. It is intended to land – and then get put on top of another (or even the same!) Falcon Heavy for the next trip up.
This is also the Raptor engine test-bed, which means the Falcon Heavy should (hopefully) have a short test cycle because any Raptor problems are being worked out here/now.
Thanks,
-Mark
mrsizer: Starship is the upper stage, yes. However, its lower stage is not Falcon Heavy, but Super Heavy, which is being developed also at Boca Chica.
Super-Heavy, not Starship is what is aimed at SLS.
It is hard to tell a rocket’s size due to them always being framed up well. Having someone in a rocket garden, and having same person at Boca might help. Starship is about as tall and wider than the entire Soyuz/R-7 launch vehicle stack!
It appears the wings (fins?) on the upper stage are more closely folded against the body than previous versions. Would appreciated commentary from the experts.
Thanks.