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

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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 1, this is the final go no go poll for Starship Flight 4.

00:07Stage 1? Go. Stage 2? Go.

00:10Play by 2? Go.

00:12Flight directors, go for launch.

00:20We have liftoff.

00:24We are close with your camera.

00:30We have chamber pressures in on move.

00:33Max Q.

00:35Vehicle is supersonic.

00:43Booster engine cut off.

00:45Ship ignition.

00:47Stage separation confirmed.

00:49Hot stage confirmed, ship under its own power.

00:52Who's confirmed to start off?

00:55View of the jettisoned hot stage.

00:59Booster.

01:00The 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.

01:15Shipments are cut off.

01:16Our primary goal is to get through the extreme heat of Starship re-entry.

01:29Starship is approaching entry to fix.

01:30Starship is approaching entry to fix.

01:31Starship is passing through 100 km altitude.

01:32Good attitude for entry.

01:33Vehicle is passing through 85 km altitude.

01:34Flaps have control of the vehicle.

01:35Our primary goal is to get through the extreme heat of Starship re-entry.

01:41Starship is approaching entry and refixed.

01:46Starship is passing through 100 km altitude, good attitude for entry.

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

01:59Vehicle is approaching maximum entry dynamic pressure.

02:01External temperatures are dropping.

02:08Starship is in landing burn.

02:11Starship landing burn, shut down.

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