Watch How A SpaceX Starship And Super Heavy Booster Launches In Slow Motion

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Watch how a SpaceX Starship and its Super Heavy booster launches in slow motion and the flight in real-time.  Also the Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly in slow motion.   Footage courtesy SpaceX | mash mix by Space.com's Steve Spaleta

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01:30booster after chamber pressure is nominal

01:48two plus 43 seconds into the test flight of the inaugural Starship vehicle

01:59tower cleared to land a pitch over propulsion reports first stage engines nominal

02:04what a sight from the grand cameras at Starbase

02:07we're flying at twice the thrust of a Saturn V heading to space

02:11we're throttled down and throttled back up

02:24going through the period of maximum aerodynamic pressure

02:34as the velocity increases the density atmosphere is decreasing

02:39lessening stress on the vehicle the call out next to you now

02:50continuing to watch the first stage as we head downrange

03:00100 seconds into flight

03:02our next major activity is going to be shutdown of the first stage Houston tracking station now

03:12acquiring the vehicle with shutdown we will get separation of Starship and Super Heavy

03:18and ignition of the Starship engines when Starship separates we light up six engines

03:24in a staggered sequence if all goes well those six engines will burn for almost six and a half

03:29minutes on board view from Starship and there's views of the Raptor engines on the second stage

03:39as we prepare for stage separation now after stage separation the first stage will flip

03:44and begin a boost back maneuver for landing in the Gulf

03:59continuing to fly two minutes 40 seconds let's get ready for main engine cutoff

04:09beginning to flip for stage separation

04:30so

04:43as of right now we are awaiting stage separation

04:48where Starship should separate from the Super Heavy booster

04:52yeah Kate right now it looks like we saw the start of the flip but obviously we're seeing

04:57from the ground cameras the entire Starship stack continuing to rotate we should have

05:01had separation by now obviously this is uh does not appear to be a nominal situation

05:08yeah it does appear to be spinning but I do want to remind everyone that everything after

05:13clearing the tower was icing on the cake

05:43and

06:13so

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