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
01:48Two plus four and three seconds under the test flight of the inaugural Starsail vehicle.
01:58Tower clear to land a catchover.
02:00Propulsion reports first stage engines nominal.
02:03What a sight when the grand cameras at starbase.
02:06We're flying at twice the thrust of the Saturn V heading to space.
02:18We're throttled down and throttled back up.
02:23Going through the period of maximum aerodynamic pressure.
02:28As the velocity increases, the density of the atmosphere is decreasing.
02:38Lessening stress on the vehicle.
02:40The call out, max Q now.
02:41Continuing to watch the first stage as we head downrange.
02:53100 seconds into flight.
03:05Our next major activity is going to be set down of the first stage.
03:09The Houston tracking station now acquiring the vehicle.
03:12With shutdown, we will get separation of Starship and Super Heavy and ignition of the Starship engines.
03:19When Starship separates, we light up six engines in the staggered sequence.
03:24If all goes well, those six engines will burn for almost six and a half minutes.
03:29On-board view from Starship.
03:34And there's views of the Raptor engines on the second stage as we prepare for stage separation.
03:40Now after stage separation, the first stage will flip and begin a boost back maneuver for landing in the Gulf.
03:58Continuing to fly.
03:59Continuing to fly.
04:00Two minutes, 40 seconds.
04:01Let's get ready for main engine cutoff.
04:05Beginning to flip for stage separation.
04:11reg conversation.
04:12Top 7
04:28Coric.
04:30Lessons, 40 seconds.
04:34S,
04:37Playing
04:39As of right now, we are awaiting stage separation, where Starship should separate from the Super Heavy booster.
04:55Yeah, Kate, right now it looks like we saw the start of the flip, but obviously we're seeing from the ground cameras the entire Starship stack continuing to rotate.
05:04We should have had separation by now. Obviously, this does not appear to be a nominal situation.
05:11Yeah, it does appear to be spinning, but I do want to remind everyone that everything after clearing the tower was icing on the cake.
05:34And now, as you saw, as you promised, it's so long to the Starship, and now we are looking to test them.
