SpaceX Highlights Starship's 4th Flight Test, Teases 'Chopsticks' Catch For Flight 5

Relive the 4th launch of the SpaceX's Starship rocket and see teaser of what could happen on flight 5.   Credit: SpaceX

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00:01Attention all operators on countdown one, this is the final go no go poll for Starship flight four.

00:07Stage one? Go. Stage two? Go.

00:10Lay by two? Go. Flight directors, go for launch.

00:20We have liftoff.

00:24Vehicles, visit your cab range.

00:27Ship chamber pressures are not moved.

00:32Max Q. Vehicle is supersonic.

00:42Booster engine cut off.

00:45Ship ignition. Stage separation confirmed.

00:48Hot stage confirmed, ship under its own power.

00:52Who's confirmed, start off.

00:55View of the jettisoned hot stage.

00:59Booster, the primary goal today is to do a landing burn and a splashdown in the water.

01:06You can see those grid fins on your left-hand screen rotating and turning to guide the booster.

01:12And there's that landing burn!

01:14And we have blast-out!

01:35Shipments are cut off.

01:36Our primary goal is to get through the extreme heat of Starship re-entry.

01:41Starship is approaching entry and refixed.

01:47Starship is passing through 100 km altitude. Good altitude for entry.

01:52Vehicle is passing through 85 km altitude. Flaps have control of the vehicle.

01:56Vehicle is approaching maximum entry dynamic pressure.

02:03External temperatures are dropping.

02:07Starship is in landing burn.

02:10Starship landing burn shut down.

02:13If you are standing burn shut down.

02:17If you are standing by the

02:33You