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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02:03What a sight from the grand cameras at Starbase.

02:07We're flying it twice the thrust of the Saturn V heading to space.

02:11We're throttled down and throttled back up.

02:21Going through the period of maximum aerodynamic pressure.

02:27As the velocity increases, the density of the atmosphere is decreasing.

02:37Lessening stress on the vehicle.

02:40The call out.

02:41Max Q now.

02:45Continuing 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.

03:25If all goes well, those six engines will burn for almost six and a half minutes.

03:29On-board view from Starship.

03:35And 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.

04:00Two minutes, 40 seconds.

04:01Let's get ready for main engine cutoff.

04:08Beginning to flip for stage separation.

04:17As of right now, we are awaiting stage separation.

04:45Where Starship should separate from the Super Heavy booster.

04:55Yeah, Kate, right now it looks like we saw the start of the flip.

04:58But obviously we're seeing from the ground cameras the entire Starship stack continuing to rotate.

05:03We should have had separation by now.

05:05Obviously this does not appear to be a nominal situation.

05:10Yeah, it does appear to be spinning.

05:12But I do want to remind everyone that everything after clearing the tower.

05:17Was icing on the cake.

05:20I wish.

05:21I wonder why, when allowed?

05:22I love to

05:46to the stormy

05:49and the wind

05:52and the wind

05:54coastsman

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