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 cleared and a pitch over.
02:00Propulsion reports first stage engines nominal.
02:03What a sight from 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.
02:50Continuing 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.
03:13With 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.
03:31And there's views of the Raptor engines on the second stage as we prepare for stage separation.
03:41Now after stage separation, the first stage will flip and begin a boost back maneuver for landing in the Gulf.
03:47Continuing to fly.
03:59Two minutes, 40 seconds.
04:01Let's get ready for main engine cutoff.
04:04First engine cutoff.
04:08Beginning to fly.
04:09Beginning to fly for state separation.
04:15As of right now,
04:43we are awaiting stage separation where Starship should separate from the super heavy booster.
04:56Yeah, 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.
05:36And now, as you saw, as you promised, it's so long to be stuck here in the middle of the coastline.
06:06And now, as you saw, as you promised, it's so long to be stuck here in the middle of the coastline.
06:26And now, as you promised, it's so long to be stuck here in the middle of the coastline.
06:54Now, as you promised, it's so long to be stuck here in the middle of the coastline.
